Peursem Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Peursem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peursem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands581:291,15835,264
United States231:15,759,084542,937

Peursem (14) may also be a first name.

Peursem Last Name Facts

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

Peursem occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Peursem.

How Common Is The Last Name Peursem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,091,648th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Peursem is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Peursem are found; 72 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.

The surname Peursem is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 291,158. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 74 percent live, Gelderland, where 9 percent live and Utrecht, where 9 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live.

Peursem Last Name Statistics demography

Peursem earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.65% more than the national average, earning $69,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Persem92147/
Pursem9237/
Perszem8611/
Peursen861/
Pourshem8050/
Persheim8022/
Peurssen801/
Perçem77637/
Pursen7729/
Percem7721/
Parsem775/
Pursam774/
Persim773/
Purgem770/
Peersen71158/
Poursam7168/
Piersen7137/
Pearsen7119/
Perchem7118/
Pearsom7111/
Pursent719/
Pershim713/
Purshen713/
Peurson712/
Pursham711/
Poursim711/
Pertcem711/
Peirsen710/
Paursen710/
Peirsom710/
Purssen710/
Poursham6731/
Perschim677/
Percheim676/
Pearsone673/
Poursane672/
Pursn671/
Poursoum671/
Peiersen671/
Pearsent670/
Pearsham670/

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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 Peursem
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