Perfer Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Spain

Perfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Perfer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perfer is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Perfer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Perfer is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Perfer is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Perfer reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 20 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Perfer is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil Perfer is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 100 percent reside. Besides Brazil this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 20 percent reside and Mexico, where 20 percent reside.

Perfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Perfer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Perfer surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pferfer925/
Pherfer920/
Perfe9112/
Pferffer869/
Pherffer864/
Pfierfer863/
Pferfier861/
Pfeirfer861/
Prefer83104/
Perffe8313/
Perfet834/
Perfez832/
Pirfer831/
Porfer830/
Perfed830/
Pfeirffer803/
Phierffer801/
Perfett7782/
Preffer7770/
Prefere776/
Porffer773/
Perfest772/
Pferfes771/
Perfeth771/
Perfeit771/
Pforfer770/
Perfi7312/
Perfa737/
Prefe735/
Pyrfe733/
Perfy731/
Pherpher711/
Pfirffer710/
Porfir67257/
Perfit6785/
Pierfy6737/
Perfis675/
Perffi674/
Prefre673/
Perfirova673/
Perfio671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Perfer
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