Persens Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Persens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Persens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9801:55,2837,024
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

The alternate forms: Perséns (1) are calculated separately.

Persens (14) may also be a first name.

Persens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Persens (Russian: Персенс) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Perséns. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Persens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 366,000th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 7,398,524 people. The surname Persens is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Persens are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.

The last name Persens is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 980 people, or 1 in 55,283. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 79 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 12 percent reside and Gauteng, where 5 percent reside. Aside from South Africa Persens occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Paraguay, where 0 percent reside.

Persens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Persens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Persens last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Persens Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Persens earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 52.84% less than the national average, earning R 112,080 per year and in United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perséns951/
Persense935/
Pearsens930/
Piersens930/
Pierssens88153/
Persensce881/
Pergens86147/
Persins8630/
Pirsens8629/
Perzens8622/
Parsens8612/
Persyns865/
Percens862/
Persenz861/
Persence80348/
Presgens801/
Piercens800/
Parsns770/
Prezens71182/
Parsins7168/
Pergins7111/
Pregens711/
Perzins711/
Perjöns711/
Percins710/
Parcens710/
Perzence6714/
Prezense673/
Parscins673/
Phregens671/
Percence671/
Pearcence630/
Parcyns5712/
Pircins570/
Prezence5319/

Persens Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Persens in the Russian language
Персенсpersens-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Persens
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