Perigny Surname

449,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Perigny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perigny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada5651:65,2137,579
France1051:632,59782,532
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Périgny (60) are calculated separately.

Perigny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perigny occurs in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Périgny. Click here for further potential spellings of Perigny.

How Common Is The Last Name Perigny? popularity and diffusion

It is the 449,013th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,614,177 people. Perigny is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Perigny live; 85 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Gallo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in Canada, where it is carried by 565 people, or 1 in 65,213. In Canada Perigny is primarily concentrated in: Quebec, where 93 percent reside, Ontario, where 3 percent reside and British Columbia, where 2 percent reside. Barring Canada this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Perigny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Perigny has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 7,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Perigny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Perigny surname are 18.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Perigny earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 29.45% more than the national average, earning $55,856 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.51% less than the national average, earning $40,982 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Périgny9560/
Petrigny9330/
Parigny8630/
Perigne8615/
Perigni861/
Petrigni8014/
Perrigne8013/
Perignet801/
Peyrigne801/
Petrignet75210/
Petreigne7552/
Peyreigne7521/
Peytrignet71127/
Perugni7111/
Périgne711/
Peregna711/
Peyregne67360/
Petregne6714/
Peyrègne673/
Peyrégne671/
Pétrignet632/
Peruginni631/
Peytregnet5996/
Peitregnet591/
Pétrègne531/

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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 Perigny
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