Pyrkas Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Pyrkas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pyrkas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pyrkas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pyrkas is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pyrkas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pyrkas is the 3,141,416th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Pyrkas live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 461,658. In Greece Pyrkas is most prevalent in: Central Macedonia, where 96 percent live and Thessaly, where 4 percent live. Beside Greece this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 36 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prekas | 83 | 1,082 | / |
| Perkas | 83 | 606 | / |
| Pyrkos | 83 | 48 | / |
| Pirkas | 83 | 16 | / |
| Perkash | 77 | 1,561 | / |
| Pyrkosz | 77 | 963 | / |
| Prekash | 77 | 210 | / |
| Pirkash | 77 | 176 | / |
| Perkaus | 77 | 126 | / |
| Pyrkacz | 77 | 8 | / |
| Prekkas | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pyrkatz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pirkasd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Perkhas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pyrkach | 77 | 1 | / |
| Perkahs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pyrkosch | 71 | 67 | / |
| Perkasht | 71 | 62 | / |
| Perkaash | 71 | 2 | / |
| Perkhass | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perkhaus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perkhash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peerkash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pyrkotsch | 67 | 50 | / |
| Pirkos | 67 | 40 | / |
| Precas | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pirkhasht | 67 | 19 | / |
| Perkos | 67 | 18 | / |
| Perkaz | 67 | 17 | / |
| Percas | 67 | 17 | / |
| Perkasova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Preqas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prekos | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pyrkas
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