Perslow Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Perslow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Perslow Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden371:266,12918,422
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Perslow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perslow is found most frequently in Sweden. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Perslow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Perslow live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Perslow is most common in Sweden, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 266,129. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Västra Götaland County, where 35 percent are found, Skåne County, where 19 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 16 percent are found. Not including Sweden this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Perslow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Perslow has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Perslow last name decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pearslow930/
Parslow862,844/
Preslow8616/
Porslow861/
Pirslow860/
Parslov7145/
Parslaw712/
Preslov712/
Preslaw712/
Perchlov678/
Pirslova671/
Preslav572/
Preslaff531/
Presslaff5030/
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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 Perslow
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