Peursum Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Peursum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peursum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands831:203,46028,061
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Peursum Last Name Facts

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

Peursum is most common in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peursum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Peursum is the 1,691,963rd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. Peursum is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Peursum reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Peursum is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 203,460. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 46 percent are found, Utrecht, where 13 percent are found and Flevoland, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Peursum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Peursum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Peursum surname grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peursum Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Peursum earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.55% more than the national average, earning $57,908 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Persum922/
Pursum921/
Purshutm801/
Poursoum801/
Pursun77489/
Parsum7781/
Persom7753/
Porsum775/
Perjum771/
Percum770/
Pearsom7111/
Perssom716/
Peurson712/
Phersom711/
Parsoum711/
Pursuhn710/
Piersom710/
Pearsun710/
Piersun710/
Peirsom710/
Pearcum710/
Poursoun6749/

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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 Peursum
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