Persoiu Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Persoiu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Persoiu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania621:323,83728,474
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Perşoiu (6) are calculated separately.

Persoiu Last Name Facts

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

Persoiu is most common in Romania. It may also be found as a variant: Perşoiu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Persoiu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,333,370th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Persoiu reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Persoiu is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 323,837. In Romania Persoiu is most prevalent in: Brașov County, where 65 percent live, Bucharest Municipality, where 32 percent live and Constanța County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Romania Persoiu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perşoiu956/
Persiau8667/
Pirsoiu8639/
Persius866/
Parsoiu865/
Perjoiu865/
Perseius805/
Perssius801/
Persiush801/
Perjiu771/
Pîrşoiu7127/
Perséus713/
Perchiu711/
Perseau710/
Pershahu671/
Persehau671/
Pearsaoo671/
Pergeau5734/
Pergeus571/

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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 Persoiu
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