Perkiewicz Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Perkiewicz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perkiewicz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1081:351,93339,522
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Perkiewicz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perkiewicz is found in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perkiewicz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,727,723rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Perkiewicz occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Perkiewicz reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most common in Poland, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 351,933. Other than Poland this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pierkiewicz951/
Petrkiewicz951/
Pierzkiewicz911/
Pyrkiewicz9014/
Parkiewicz903/
Porkiewicz901/
Percewicz8417/
Perkevich746/
Perkevics741/
Perkevych6373/
Percevecz6330/
Pirkevich631/

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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 Perkiewicz
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