Peruca Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Peruca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 166 | 1:1,289,604 | 44,167 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Peruća (1) are calculated separately.
Peruca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peruca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peruca is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Peruća. Click here to see other potential spellings of Peruca.
How Common Is The Last Name Peruca? popularity and diffusion
The surname Peruca is the 1,111,382nd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. The last name Peruca is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Peruca reside; 89 percent reside in South America and 76 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The surname Peruca is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 1,289,604. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 86 percent live, Paraná, where 8 percent live and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 2 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 8 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.
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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 Peruca
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