Periag Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Periag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Periag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
England41:13,929,515290,718
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Guyana11:762,22114,420

Periag Last Name Facts

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

The surname Periag is found most frequently in Mauritius. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Periag? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 46 percent of Periag reside; 38 percent reside in Southern Africa and 38 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.

The surname Periag is most commonly held in Mauritius, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 258,683. In Mauritius Periag is most prevalent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 80 percent live and Rivière du Rempart District, where 20 percent live. Barring Mauritius this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent live and France, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pariag83590/
Periac8346/
Peryag833/
Periak833/
Periog831/
Peryagh7779/
Pariagh7763/
Parriag7727/
Petriak7721/
Petriac774/
Peyriac772/
Pieriak771/
Petriacq71100/
Petriľak7110/
Paryag67203/
Pariak6783/
Perjak6783/
Perioc6769/
Piriak6722/
Piriac674/
Piriog671/

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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
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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 Periag
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