Pericek Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Pericek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pericek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Periček (59) & Períček (20) are calculated separately.

Pericek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pericek is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Periček or Períček. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pericek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Pericek is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Pericek are found; 63 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 63 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

It is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,067,290. In Slovakia Pericek is most prevalent in: Nitra Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Slovakia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Austria, where 13 percent live.

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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 Pericek
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