Peretz is used as a family name or surname in Israel. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Peretz
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Israel
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Peretz

How popular is Peretz?

Peretz is common in Israel.

Peretz is ranked 37101 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Peretzies grew by 26.08696 per cent to 667 since 2000 and ranked 34073 after elevating 5103 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94 92.82
Hispanic or Latino 4.05 2.84
Others 0.9 2.65
Peretz is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Israel which signifies that it is originated from Israel. Around 13300 people have been found who wears Peretz as their family name. Peretz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
381,097 Ukraine4
6,270 Hong Kong3
11,290 Guyana3
131,225 Spain2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
91,784 Netherlands2
17,547 Colombia2
810,193 Indonesia1
62,864 New Zealand1
31,584 Peru1
49,101 Denmark1
2,505 Congo1
174,544 Czech Republic1
34,581 Chile1
3,993 El Salvador1
42,479 Greece1
21,562 Portugal1
36,678 Singapore1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
13,447 Uganda1
2,057 Isle of Man1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
20,172 Hungary1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
51,763 Australia37
313,372 Russia23
52,530 Belgium22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
Countries with hundreds of Peretz:
30,955 United States952
31,047 Germany336
31,236 France318
16,087 Mexico236
32,575 South Africa164
60,164 Brazil159
27,790 Canada123
38,707 England108
Countries with ten thousands of Peretz:
39 Israel10,696
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old immigrant Pauline Peretz who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on August 5, 1851 by Crescent put out from Liverpool.

Peretz Namesakes

  • Marty Peretz, Editor
  • Alon Peretz, Film Score Composer
  • Amir Peretz, Member of the Knesset
  • Amram Peretz, Kobi Peretz's father
  • Assaf Peretz, Mathematician
  • Assaf Peretz Oron, Mathematician
  • Avi Peretz, Soccer player
  • Avi Peretz, Singer
  • Amir Peretz, Member of the Knesset
  • Omer Peretz, Soccer player

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