Pericault Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Sweden

Pericault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pericault Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Péricault (1) are calculated separately.

Pericault Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pericault is most common in France. It can be found as: Péricault. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pericault? popularity and diffusion

Pericault is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pericault are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 67 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account France this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Péricault961/
Perichault9531/
Perricault954/
Pericat88163/
Perrecault842/
Pericaud82385/
Periscal82178/
Peyrical82140/
Petricau8256/
Perizcal828/
Pericall821/
Perricat821/
Pericaux820/
Peroical820/
Perica801,830/
Pericu80120/
Perricaud78135/
Petricoul7859/
Perriscau783/
Pericuell781/
Peresault780/
Petrica754,479/
Pericas751,677/
Petricu75145/
Peraica75129/
Pericot75102/
Pericay7572/
Perikal7568/
Pericaz7561/
Pericou7558/
Perrica7556/
Pericus756/
Péricat754/
Piricat754/
Pericol752/
Pereica752/
Perizca751/
Periccu751/
Pericad751/
Perikau751/
Perresault740/
Petricca711,298/
Petricas71194/
Petrikat71186/
Pericole7139/
Peyricot7135/
Petrisca7117/
Péricaud717/
Pettrica712/
Perrisca712/
Petricaș712/
Perikale711/
Periquat711/
Ppetrica711/
Petricaş711/
Petricot711/
Perricot711/
Perricou711/
Periceyl711/
Pieraica711/
Perico6711,149/
Perika672,321/
Periku67157/
Pereca6733/
Petrescul678/
Pirica678/
Pericolle674/
Pericó673/
Petruicca671/
Perresult671/

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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 Pericault
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