Pernoux Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Pernoux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pernoux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pernoux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pernoux is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pernoux? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pernoux is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Pernoux occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pernoux live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Pernoux is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 273,764. In Switzerland it is most numerous in: Canton of Vaud, where 83 percent live, Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 10 percent live and Canton of Bern, where 3 percent live. Outside of Switzerland Pernoux is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 46 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Pernoux
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