Perff Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Perff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Perff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France271:2,460,101186,232
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Perff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perff is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Perff is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Perff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Perff live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most widespread in France, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,460,101. In France Perff is most numerous in: Brittany, where 52 percent live, Normandy, where 26 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 7 percent live. Excluding France Perff exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perffe9113/
Petrff911/
Perf8961/
Pferffs830/
Perfe8012/
Perfz807/
Preff804/
Pearf801/
Parff801/
Perfs801/
Perzf801/
Parrff730/
Perv67685/
Pirf6743/
Perb6741/
Porf6737/
Pref6724/
Perw675/
Parf671/
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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 Perff
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