Pythagoras Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Pythagoras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pythagoras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece211:527,60966,013
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Pythagoras (270) may also be a first name.

Pythagoras Last Name Facts

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

Pythagoras occurs most in Greece. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pythagoras.

How Common Is The Last Name Pythagoras? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pythagoras is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Pythagoras are found; 68 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 68 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Pythagoras is also the 541,116th most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 270 people.

The surname Pythagoras is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 527,609. In Greece Pythagoras is most prevalent in: Attica, where 71 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 19 percent reside and Crete, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Greece this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pythagora9550/
Pithagoras902/
Pitagoras842/
Pithágoras801/
Pittagoras801/
Pitagora7888/
Petagora781/
Pittagora741/
Petagara67595/
Pitagara6753/
Petagarra632/

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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 Pythagoras
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