Pirking Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Pirking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pirking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pirking Last Name Facts

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

Pirking is found most in Sweden. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pirking? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pirking is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Pirking are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 3,282,252. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Gävleborg County, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Sweden it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pirkin92158/
Pirkina86120/
Perking8630/
Preking861/
Purking860/
Precking804/
Perkin773,789/
Pyrkin77664/
Prekin7749/
Pirken774/
Pircin771/
Pfirching750/
Perckings750/
Perkina711,763/
Pyrkina71929/
Pirquin7174/
Pyorkin7110/
Perkinn716/
Perkind715/
Perkisn715/
Percing712/
Perkinx711/
Perkink711/
Pirkent710/
Pierquin67925/
Pyorkina679/
Pirkenne671/
Perkgkin671/
Perching670/

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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 Pirking
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