Pirenne Surname
Approximately 694 people bear this surname
Pirenne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 592 | 1:19,420 | 2,993 |
| Luxembourg | 57 | 1:10,185 | 1,737 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pirenne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pirenne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pirenne is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pirenne.
How Common Is The Last Name Pirenne? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 480,521st most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,500,787 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pirenne reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Pirenne is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 592 people, or 1 in 19,420. In Belgium Pirenne is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 81 percent live, Flemish Region, where 10 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 9 percent live. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 8 percent live and The Netherlands, where 4 percent live.
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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 Pirenne
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