Pirogue Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Pirogue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pirogue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius61:215,5708,537
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pirogue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pirogue is carried by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pirogue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Pirogue live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.

The surname Pirogue is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 215,570. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Savanne District, where 67 percent reside, Pamplemousses District, where 17 percent reside and Plaines Wilhems District, where 17 percent reside. Beside Mauritius it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 14 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pirague861/
Perogue861/
Pirog833,425/
Pairague804/
Pierog77879/
Piroux77811/
Pirogs7729/
Pirouc773/
Peirog772/
Piroog771/
Piragua71721/
Pairoux71613/
Poiroux71551/
Puiroux71208/
Peiroux7114/
Perogui716/
Pirogva712/
Piraque712/
Pierrog711/
Piragui711/
Perague710/
Piróg674,055/
Pirok67245/
Pirag67165/
Perog6792/
Petroque6733/
Pirogová6717/
Pirogowa6711/
Piroc676/
Pyrog674/
Pirox672/
Peroquet671/
Pirragua671/
Piranque671/
Poitroux671/

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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 Pirogue
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