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 surname Pyrkas occurs most in Greece. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pyrkas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,141,416th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Pyrkas is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Pyrkas reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 461,658. In Greece Pyrkas is primarily concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 96 percent are found and Thessaly, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Greece this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cyprus, where 36 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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