Péry Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Péry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Péry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
France51:13,284,544357,392
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Pery (2,007) are calculated separately.

Péry Last Name Facts

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

Péry is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pery. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Péry? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Péry are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Péry is most frequently occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 483,113. In Switzerland Péry is most numerous in: Canton of Vaud, where 82 percent are found and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Switzerland it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 23 percent are found and France, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pery922,007/
Pétry8980/
Péray8928/
Pérey891/
Péroys801/
Pary752,680/
Piry75363/
Péri75178/
Péré7578/
Pory7554/
Pére7512/
Píry7512/
Péra7512/
Pjry751/
Pyry751/
Perry67380,979/
Parry6770,311/
Pérez6756,937/
Petry6734,299/
Péres6728,975/
Peery676,211/
Paray674,642/
Porey674,513/
Perey673,389/
Parey672,697/
Peroy672,014/
Peryh671,169/
Poray67954/
Peary67845/
Peryt67620/
Piray67548/
Pyryt67516/
Peray67332/
Piriy67315/
Porry67261/
Pyryh67199/
Peiry67199/
Pétré67193/
Poroy67187/
Pairy67176/
Paroy67166/
Pirry67160/
Pitry67129/
Peyry67124/
Piroy67123/
Poiry67119/
Piery6795/
Perzy6791/
Parhy6777/
Periy6765/
Peryi6755/
Poyry6743/
Pyryi6734/
Piryo6729/
Pirey6726/
Paruy6722/
Péret6719/
Périz6714/
Peryo6714/
Piory6711/
Phery6710/
Péris679/
Poruy679/
Phary679/
Payry678/
Perhy678/
Pérée677/
Pérea677/
Perys676/
Poery676/
Phiry675/
Peryy675/
Paary674/
Pério673/
Peury673/
Pyrys673/
Pirys673/
Piryi672/
Phory672/
Peruy672/
Piryt671/
Bpary671/
Paryh671/
Peryd671/
Pyryz671/
Poryi671/
Pétri671/
Pérès671/
Pérré671/
Pätry671/
Peryć671/
Paery671/
Piryy671/
Pyray671/

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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 Péry
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