Perss Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Perss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Perss Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perss (Russian: Персс) is found most frequently in Russia. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Perss? popularity and diffusion

Perss is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Perss reside; 44 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 44 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 24,020,509. In Russia it is most numerous in: Krasnodar Krai, where 33 percent live, Bashkortostan Republic, where 17 percent live and Moscow, where 17 percent live. Besides Russia Perss occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Belarus, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Persse91351/
Pers892,708/
Petrsse831/
Perssch831/
Pearssh831/
Peersse830/
Pearsse830/
Peers808,307/
Pears804,360/
Piers803,719/
Perse801,358/
Peirs80484/
Persh80180/
Pehrs80112/
Perst8086/
Petrs8049/
Persz8043/
Porss8036/
Parss8020/
Pärss8018/
Pfers8010/
Poers809/
Perås806/
Perrs806/
Persd803/
Paers802/
Peurs801/
Peyrs801/
Pgers801/
Phers800/
Perssova773/
Pearse739,835/
Persch733,299/
Pearst73108/
Peirse7381/
Phears7353/
Persze7328/
Pershe7320/
Peetrs735/
Pettrs733/
Petrsh733/
Pearsh733/
Pierrs732/
Persøe732/
Peerse731/
Peersh731/
Pirrss731/
Perstø731/
Paersh731/
Piersz731/
Phiers731/
Peirrs731/
Peersz731/
Pearsz731/
Perrse730/
Peerrs730/
Pherse730/
Pharss730/
Pars673,087/
Pors671,681/
Poersch671,371/
Pirs67246/
Persche67113/
Perš67106/
Persova6798/
Phearse6784/
Pärs6762/
Pörs6759/
Pfersch6747/
Pyrs6722/
Piersch6714/
Paersch6714/
Pírs673/
Perx673/
Pjrs671/
Pérs671/

Perss Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Perss in the Russian language
Перссperss-

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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 Perss
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