Pérel Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pérel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pérel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa681:796,73154,178
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Perel (2,149) are calculated separately.

Pérel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pérel is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Perel. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pérel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,273,756th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Pérel live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 796,731. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 91 percent are found, Gauteng, where 6 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa Pérel is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perel932,149/
Pétrel916/
Pérl891/
Pirel80235/
Prele80160/
Péril801/
Poirel732,055/
Petrel73798/
Perrel73538/
Pitrel73353/
Perell73333/
Perzel73321/
Pairel73264/
Peyrel73195/
Periel73113/
Pierel73108/
Peruel7385/
Prehel7333/
Payrel7321/
Pirell7315/
Pyrell7314/
Piriel735/
Prehle735/
Peirel734/
Pereel732/
Périol731/
Piorel731/
Perelh731/
Peerel731/
Pesrel731/
Perehl731/
Pireel731/
Pirael731/
Pearel730/
Peresl730/
Perl677,847/
Pierrel672,054/
Perrell67747/
Pirl67607/
Petrell67462/
Perreul67140/
Perriel67102/
Pärl6762/
Perruel6753/
Poiriel6730/
Petrzel6725/
Peregli6716/
Pairele6714/
Peurell6713/
Pyrrell676/
Perzell675/
Pirrell674/
Petrelt672/
Peirrel672/
Pearell672/
Pairell671/
Pitrell671/
Pierell671/
Pherell671/
Pettrel671/
Peytrel671/
Pyrl671/
Pereell670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pérel
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