Perriault Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Perriault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perriault Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1451:458,08865,490
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Perriault Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perriault is found most frequently in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perriault? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Perriault reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 458,088. In France it is most prevalent in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 47 percent are found, Occitanie, where 28 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 9 percent are found. Excluding France this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Perriault Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Perriault has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Perriault last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pherriault952/
Periault9441/
Parriault8912/
Pheriault894/
Perieault891/
Perriau88397/
Periaut8887/
Poirriault842/
Pheriauult841/
Perriaud82191/
Perriaux82161/
Perrieau822/
Périault821/
Periau805/
Pierrieau7848/
Poiriault788/
Periaux7528/
Perieau756/
Petriaux71103/
Perrioux7119/
Perieaux712/
Pierriou711/
Perrioud711/
Periou67442/
Piriau671/
Perioux6338/
Pergeau6334/
Perjoiu635/
Périaux631/
Pirriou631/
Petriou631/
Pétriaux592/
Petrious591/
Perayyau591/
Périou5319/
Pyriou531/
Peryou531/
Pirioux5015/

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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 Perriault
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