Perù Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Perù Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perù Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Peru (9,410), Perú (25) & Péru (18) are calculated separately.

Perù Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perù occurs most in Italy. It may occur as: Peru, Perú or Péru. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perù? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Perù occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Perù reside; 60 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The surname Perù is most common in Italy, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 20,385,563. Barring Italy this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peru929,410/
Perú9225/
Péru8318/
Peró7537/
Perou679,433/
Petru672,463/
Perus67990/
Pereu67735/
Peroe67569/
Pergu67471/
Perau67456/
Perut67340/
Perru67308/
Peeru67286/
Peiró67242/
Peuru67202/
Peruz67197/
Peroo67172/
Peyru6754/
Pesru6740/
Peiru6740/
Perud6725/
Perup6720/
Peyró6719/
Pieru6716/
Pheru6715/
Pearu6715/
Perui6710/
Perão674/
Pehru674/
Paeru674/
Perrú673/
Peirú672/
Peruh672/
Perró672/
Peyrú672/
Peruy672/
Petrú671/
Peruś671/
Perux671/
Peruj671/

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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 Perù
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis