Perkher Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Perkher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perkher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran231:3,338,37197,100
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Perkher Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perkher occurs most in Iran. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Perkher.

How Common Is The Last Name Perkher? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Perkher live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Perkher is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 3,338,371. In Iran it is primarily found in: Gilan Province, where 43 percent live, Fars Province, where 30 percent live and Tehran Province, where 26 percent live. Beside Iran this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 20 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perker92472/
Percher86442/
Perkert8644/
Perkhed8637/
Percker8610/
Perkeur861/
Pearker861/
Perkere861/
Peirker860/
Perke83706/
Perchert8027/
Pirckher8012/
Preckher802/
Petrcher801/
Perchere801/
Perche773,792/
Perger773,111/
Perkey771,374/
Pirher77169/
Percer77151/
Percke7726/
Pehrke7718/
Perkha7716/
Perkie7715/
Perkhi7710/
Perkeh771/
Perjer771/
Perkih771/
Perkeu771/
Pierke770/
Pircher716,373/
Perchey71337/
Pearkes7142/
Precher7121/
Porkhir716/
Perkich716/
Perquer714/
Percheh711/
Perkecz711/
Perkeet711/
Perckie711/
Pierkey711/
Phirkhe711/
Parkeir711/
Parkejr711/
Pearcer711/
Perhair711/
Perhayr711/
Pearkee710/
Perjear710/
Pyrcher710/
Pferger710/
Perkess710/
Perka675,380/
Perce67441/
Pirke67201/
Perky67171/
Pyrke67153/
Perki6765/
Perquier6753/
Pirchert6724/
Pärke673/
Preke672/
Perckett671/
Pearchey671/
Pirkhead670/
Pirkeird670/

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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 Perkher
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