Perfect Surname

99,999th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Perfect Surname Definition:

V. under Parfett ante.

Perfect Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3171:42,3075,412
Ghana6931:38,9914,481
United States6801:533,02844,312
India3191:2,404,59477,713
South Africa2281:237,62224,428
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Australia2111:127,94213,963
New Zealand1981:22,8704,013
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Canada1381:266,99725,150
Nigeria831:2,134,25073,634
Scotland811:66,0975,205
Wales481:64,4695,713
Brazil421:5,097,008130,362
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
China181:75,962,3094,162
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
France31:22,140,907385,998
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6701:36,3814,736
Scotland81:467,90212,875
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1731:290,28123,212

The alternate forms: Pérfect (3) & Perfêct (1) are calculated separately.

Perfect (10,615) may also be a first name.

Perfect Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. under Parfett ante.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Apparently refers to character.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Pierrefitte, name of several communes and villages of France, the principal in dep. Meuse, cap. canton, on the Aire (pierre, a stone). compare the surnames Parfett, Parfit, Parfitt, Perfett, Perfitt.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Perfect Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Perfect Come From? nationality or country of origin

Perfect occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Pérfect or Perfêct. For other potential spellings of Perfect click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perfect? popularity and diffusion

The last name Perfect is the 99,999th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,541,359 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 32 percent of Perfect reside; 31 percent reside in Northern Europe and 31 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 58,869th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 10,615 people.

Perfect is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 1,317 people, or 1 in 42,307. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 18 percent live, Kent, where 14 percent live and Norfolk, where 8 percent live. Other than England it exists in 85 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Perfect Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Perfect has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 393 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,013 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Perfect Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (79%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Perfect last name are 29.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.15% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Perfect earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.67% more than the national average, earning R 419,832 per year; in United States they earn 4.9% more than the national average, earning $45,263 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.38% less than the national average, earning $48,995 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pérfect953/
Perfêct951/
Perf'ect934/
Perfecte931/
Peirfect930/
Perfekt865/
Prefect862/
Perfict860/
Prefekt716/
Perfik621/

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Perfect Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Perfect
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