Persent Surname

340,834th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,078 people bear this surname

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

Persent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Persent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9521:56,9097,230
France1031:644,88183,663
England81:6,964,757184,742
Norway71:734,61250,907
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Persent Last Name Facts

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

The surname Persent is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Persent? popularity and diffusion

The surname Persent is the 340,834th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,760,247 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Persent live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Persent is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 952 people, or 1 in 56,909. In South Africa Persent is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 49 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 15 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 10 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Persent Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Persent earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.75% more than the national average, earning 431,740 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 30.2% less than the national average, earning R 165,864 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Persentz9318/
Persents9311/
Persendt933/
Pearsent930/
Persen921,192/
Pergent86258/
Peersen86158/
Percent8665/
Pershen8642/
Pehrsen8642/
Piersen8637/
Perssen8630/
Persien8622/
Pearsen8619/
Perzent8612/
Petrsen8610/
Perszen865/
Phersen863/
Parsent863/
Peursen861/
Perjent861/
Perseng861/
Porsent861/
Peirsen860/
Persn832/
Persenne8014/
Perschen8013/
Percente809/
Percents801/
Peurssen801/
Perzentz801/
Pehrssen800/
Perrseng800/
Persyn772,436/
Persin771,593/
Persem77147/
Persén7721/
Peršen7713/
Pergen7713/
Percen7710/
Pearsn778/
Perßen777/
Persng772/
Pirsen771/
Petrsn771/
Perzen771/
Piersn770/
Pershn770/
Persinthe754/
Phetrseng751/
Persienne751/
Pershin7116,689/
Persing711,727/
Pershyn711,708/
Pregent71860/
Pertgen71117/
Prezent7196/
Persyna7128/
Perszem7111/
Pirjent719/
Perzeen717/
Persyon716/
Piersin716/
Persäng712/
Pearsin711/
Piercen711/
Pirshen711/
Pyrshen711/
Pearsyn711/
Pearcen711/
Perschn711/
Perchen711/
Perssin711/
Pehrzen711/
Peirsin710/
Petrgen710/
Peircen710/
Parzent710/
Pershina6716,841/
Pershyna671,901/
Perschin6733/
Prezente6715/
Pershyon679/
Perssion675/
Peersing674/
Perszyna674/
Percinth674/
Pearshin672/
Pirjente671/
Petrchen671/
Pershinn671/
Perchenk671/
Pearssin671/
Pairsien671/
Presn671/
Phetrsin671/
Pearchen670/
Perssing670/

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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 Persent
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