Perktas Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Perktas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perktas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571

The alternate forms: Perktaş (1,358) are calculated separately.

Perktas Last Name Facts

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

Perktas is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Perktaş. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Perktas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Perktas is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Perktas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Perktas are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Perktas is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 4,735,615. In Germany Perktas is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 53 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent reside and Bavaria, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 26 percent reside.

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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 Perktas
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