Pirkko Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pirkko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pirkko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland61:916,11741,832
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pirkko (33,729) may also be a first name.

Pirkko Last Name Facts

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

Pirkko (Arabic: بيركو) is more frequently found in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pirkko? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pirkko is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Pirkko is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Pirkko live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 25,445th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 33,729 people.

The surname Pirkko is most commonly used in Finland, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 916,117. In Finland it is most common in: Northern Savonia, where 50 percent are found, Southwest Finland, where 33 percent are found and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 17 percent are found. Besides Finland this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent are found and Estonia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pirko91882/
Pierko83205/
Piorko83118/
Pirkoś8342/
Pirkos8340/
Perkko8322/
Pirkka836/
Pirrko831/
Pirkou831/
Pirkopf7782/
Pirzhko771/
Pierzko771/
Perko736,017/
Preko733,682/
Pyrko731,329/
Purko73690/
Pirka73289/
Pírko73138/
Pirkó7366/
Pérko7311/
Pirco735/
Pirkhosh7168/
Pirkóová716/
Pirkoush712/
Pirkha67113/
Pirkad6789/
Pierco6766/
Pirkau6723/
Perkka6719/
Prekou6718/
Prekoh6717/
Perkot6715/
Pyorko6710/
Pirkotsch677/
Piorka676/
Perkou676/
Pyrkou675/
Perkoh674/
Prekka672/
Perkoz672/
Precko672/
Perkho671/
Pierka671/
Purkho671/
Peirkhosh671/
Peirco670/

Pirkko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pirkko in the Arabic language
بيركوbyrkw-

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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 Pirkko
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