Perpetua Surname
Approximately 3,391 people bear this surname
Perpetua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,068 | 1:48,955 | 8,011 |
| Brazil | 400 | 1:535,186 | 20,061 |
| United States | 252 | 1:1,438,329 | 98,774 |
| Cameroon | 158 | 1:131,450 | 14,816 |
| Portugal | 132 | 1:78,926 | 3,983 |
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Perpétua (134) & Perpètua (1) are calculated separately.
Perpetua (70,414) may also be a first name.
Perpetua Demographics
Perpetua Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Perpetua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Perpetua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Perpetua (Hindi: परपेतुआ, Marathi: पेपतुं, Oriya: େପରେପତୁଆ) occurs most in The Philippines. It can also be found as: Perpétua or Perpètua. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Perpetua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 133,007th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,149,085 people. Perpetua occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Perpetua are found; 61 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 60 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Perpetua is also the 13,780th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 70,414 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,068 people, or 1 in 48,955. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 24 percent are found, Bicol, where 18 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines it occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Perpetua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Perpetua has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 6,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Perpetua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Perpetua surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Perpetua are 26.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 79.49% being registered with the party.
The amount Perpetua earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 40.23% less than the national average, earning €17,950 per year; in Peru they earn 21976.5% more than the national average, earning S/. 4,279,530 per year; in United States they earn 21.9% more than the national average, earning $52,599 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.65% less than the national average, earning $44,394 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Perpetua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Perpetua in the Hindi language | ||
| परपेतुआ | parapetu'a | - |
| Perpetua in the Oriya language | ||
| େପରେପତୁଆ | eparepatu'a | 53.85 |
| େପେପର୍ତୁଆ | epepartu'a | 23.08 |
| େପରପଢୁଆ | eparapadhu'a | 7.69 |
| ପିରପିତୁଆ | pirapitu'a | 7.69 |
| େଫରେପତୁଆ | epharepatu'a | 7.69 |
| Perpetua in the Marathi language | ||
| पेपतुं | pepatum | 50 |
| पेरपेतीन | perapetina | 25 |
| परपेटुआ | parapetu'a | 25 |
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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 Perpetua
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