Perpetual Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Perpetual Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perpetual Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria621:2,857,14190,271
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Perpetual (33,989) may also be a first name.

Perpetual Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perpetual (Marathi: पेपतुअल) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Perpetual? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,020,555th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Perpetual reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 25,304th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 33,989 people.

The surname Perpetual is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Perpetual is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 24 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Rivers, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent are found and The Philippines, where 7 percent are found.

Perpetual Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Perpetual Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Perpetual in the Marathi language
पेपतुअलpepatu'ala21.43
पेरपेतुअलperapetu'ala14.29
पेरटयुमलperatayumala7.14
परपेटयुलparapetayula7.14
पेपेच्युअलpepecyu'ala7.14
पेरपेचुलperapecula7.14
पेपतुलpepatula7.14
पेरपेचलperapecala7.14
पेरपचळperapacala7.14
पॅपेचीअलpepeci'ala7.14
पेरपेतूअलperapetu'ala7.14

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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
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  • 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 Perpetual
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