Pericu Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Pericu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pericu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1101:555,97053,564
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pericu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pericu is held by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pericu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,658,108th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Pericu live; 92 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 92 percent live in Italic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Italy, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 555,970. In Italy it is mostly found in: Sardinia, where 82 percent live, Liguria, where 17 percent live and Lazio, where 1 percent live. Apart from Italy Pericu exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petricu92145/
Pericou9258/
Pericus926/
Periccu921/
Pericaud86385/
Petricau8656/
Perichou8622/
Perricou861/
Pericaux860/
Periku83157/
Pericó833/
Periju831/
Peyrichou80460/
Perricaud80135/
Petricius8018/
Pericault804/
Perriscau803/
Perechu771,003/
Poraicu77271/
Perescu77169/
Pericão7739/
Perriku7715/
Paraicu779/
Perikou772/
Petrecu772/
Péricou772/
Paricou771/
Perikau771/
Perizou771/
Perricault754/
Péricaud717/
Parricau712/
Petrikou712/
Perikkou711/
Perrikou711/
Peregius711/
Petreccu711/
Petreacu711/
Petrikus711/
Peresu67424/
Pyriochou6799/
Pereku6761/
Piriku6732/
Petrikkou6730/
Perezu6724/
Porucu6724/
Peruku6718/
Pariku6713/
Petrescou672/
Petritsus671/
Péricault671/
Piriju671/

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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 Pericu
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