Perkons Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Perkons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 356 | 1:5,759 | 797 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Pērkons (5) are calculated separately.
Perkons Demographics
Average Perkons Salary in
United States
$63,067 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Perkons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Perkons Come From? nationality or country of origin
Perkons has its highest incidence in Latvia. It can also appear as a variant: Pērkons. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Perkons? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 616,129th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. The surname Perkons occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Perkons reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
Perkons is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 5,759. In Latvia Perkons is primarily found in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 35 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 28 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Latvia this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.
Perkons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Perkons has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Perkons Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Perkons surname are 45.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 92.31% registered with the party.
The amount Perkons earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 46.16% more than the national average, earning $63,067 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.38% more than the national average, earning $68,256 CAD per year.
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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 Perkons
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