Perey is used as a family name or surname in Philippines. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Perey
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Philippines
Meaning: Peret is mostly a place name designating a place planted with pear trees. It is found especially in Occitan country, where two cities with this name (Hérault, Corrèze). The Perey surname seems to be a variant of Peret, encountered both in Normandy (27) and in the Vosges. In both cases, it is not forbidden to consider that it can also be a diminutive of the first name Pierre.

How popular is Perey?

Perey is common in Philippines.

Perey is ranked 98517 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pereies plummeted by 22.93233 per cent to 205 since 2000 and slipped by 21140 spots and ranked at 90113. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 45.85 30.45
White 33.17 45.11
Hispanic or Latino 9.27 9.4
Black 8.29 9.02
Others 3.41 6.02
Perey is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 4269 people have been found who wears Perey as their family name. Perey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
567,967 Indonesia6
78,945 Argentina3
127,708 Czech Republic3
40,256 Mexico2
7,198 Maldives1
13,447 Uganda1
15,162 Costa Rica1
151,601 Spain1
7,314 Bolivia1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
61,159 Australia30
107,506 England27
442,509 Russia12
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
184,293 India81
47,259 Canada66
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Perey:
17,889 France539
92,990 United States247
5,523 Switzerland216
6,471 Chile153
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Perey:
5,198 Philippines2,642
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Chas. Perey was 32 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 6, 1847. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Northumberland from London.

Perey Namesakes

  • Antonio Ameal Pereyra, Soccer player
  • Ariel Roberto Pereyra, Soccer player
  • César Pereyra, Soccer player
  • César Pereyra, Soccer player
  • César Pereyra, Soccer player
  • Darío Pereyra, Soccer player
  • Jorge Pereyra Díaz, Soccer player
  • Facundo Pereyra, Soccer player
  • César Pereyra, Soccer player
  • Guillermo Pereyra, Soccer player

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