Perényi Surname
Approximately 879 people bear this surname
Perényi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 855 | 1:11,481 | 1,329 |
| Slovakia | 19 | 1:280,866 | 41,728 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Perenyi (185) are calculated separately.
Perényi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Perényi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Perényi has its highest incidence in Hungary. It can be rendered as: Perenyi. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Perényi? popularity and diffusion
Perényi is the 400,040th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,290,723 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Perényi are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is carried by 855 people, or 1 in 11,481. In Hungary Perényi is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 32 percent are found, Pest County, where 17 percent are found and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 8 percent are found. Other than Hungary this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Perényi
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