Peruško Surname

515,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Peruško Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peruško Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia6201:6,8201,028
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Perusko (43) are calculated separately.

Peruško Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peruško is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Perusko. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peruško? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 515,938th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. The last name Peruško occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Peruško are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is held by 620 people, or 1 in 6,820. In Croatia Peruško is mostly concentrated in: Istria County, where 81 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 10 percent are found and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 4 percent are found. Not including Croatia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Montenegro, where 1 percent are found and Slovenia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perusko9543/
Petruško9325/
Perushko8045/
Petrusko8043/
Perrusko801/
Petrushko752,364/
Petruchko759/
Petruszko751/
Petruczko751/
Piroško71672/
Perusco71122/
Petruschko7119/
Pěruška7113/
Perosko7110/
Petroushko711/
Piruška711/
Pitruška6714/
Petrusco676/
Pirushko672/
Perutska671/
Peruňská671/
Pieruska671/
Petruskó671/

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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 Peruško
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