Perlmutter Surname

106,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Perlmutter Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) or (from the name of a female ancestor) In most cases a dealer in mother of pearl assumed this name, but sometimes one whose mother’s name was Pearl adopted this as a family name.

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Perlmutter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9381:123,36913,138
Israel1,0431:8,2051,286
Canada1631:226,04721,702
England921:605,63136,119
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
France201:3,321,136213,627
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Perlmutter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) or (from the name of a female ancestor) In most cases a dealer in mother of pearl assumed this name, but sometimes one whose mother’s name was Pearl adopted this as a family name.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

In german, Perle means Pearl and Mutter means Mother. Perlmutter means "mother-of-pearl", the inside part of a Shell that is used to do objects like buttons etc. "Perelmutter","Perelmuter" etc are variations of the same word.

- matheusperelmutter

Perlmutter Last Name Facts

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

Perlmutter (Russian: Перльмуттер) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Perlmutter.

How Common Is The Last Name Perlmutter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 106,651st most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,663,443 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Perlmutter are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 2,938 people, or 1 in 123,369. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 13 percent reside, Florida, where 10 percent reside and New Jersey, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 24 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Perlmutter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Perlmutter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 36,725 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Perlmutter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Perlmutter last name are 42.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.95% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Perlmutter earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 28.6% more than the national average, earning $55,488 USD per year and in Canada they earn 70.54% more than the national average, earning $84,727 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Perlmutter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Perlmutter in the Russian language
Перльмуттерperlmutter-

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