Perrin is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Perrin
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Two diminutives formed on the Christian name Peter. The Perret are very numerous in the Lyon region (01, 69, 42). As for Perrin, they are found in the Vosges and in the Isere. In the latter department, the name was frequently found associated with another surname (example: Perrin-comfort).

How popular is Perrin?

Perrin is common in United States.

Perrin is ranked 5937 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Perrin bearers increased by 2.92283 per cent in 2010 US census to 11550 since 2000, the surname slipped by 173 spots and ranked at 3121. The last name was found in around 39 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.64 83.16
Black 13.87 12.73
Others 2.33 1.54
Hispanic or Latino 1.83 1.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.58 0.54
Perrin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 91939 people have been found who wears Perrin as their family name. Perrin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,940 Japan8
705 Gibraltar7
7,022 Senegal7
95,557 Czech Republic6
23,739 Nigeria5
2,604 Benin5
381,097 Ukraine4
2,720 South Korea3
4,529 Mauritius3
856 Congo3
1,418 Madagascar3
710 French Polynesia3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
549 Seychelles2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
12,172 Ghana2
3,014 Taiwan2
1,421 Gabon2
2,617 Cambodia2
19,093 Finland2
28,083 Romania2
21,929 Algeria2
4,367 Afghanistan2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
34,572 Israel2
1,118 Isle of Man2
801 Cape Verde1
15,162 Costa Rica1
14,644 Tunisia1
408 Åland1
14,618 Guyana1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,198 Maldives1
846 American Samoa1
2,211 Brunei1
165,773 Belarus1
37,493 Austria1
31,584 Peru1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
24,771 Colombia1
2,190 Barbados1
17,575 Kuwait1
14,373 Jordan1
3,214 Niger1
47,891 Norway1
11,510 Oman1
9,591 Panama1
20,172 Hungary1
24,176 Qatar1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
8,859 Iraq1
9,498 Iceland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
42,479 Greece1
7,941 Guatemala1
3,350 Fiji1
19,533 Uruguay1
7,292 Vietnam1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,175 Singapore41
2,848 Thailand40
3,075 Cyprus34
203,443 Indonesia33
17,489 Denmark30
11,444 Portugal28
1,742 China26
313,372 Russia23
405 Bermuda22
137 Monaco13
587,188 India11
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,581 Sweden87
254 New Caledonia86
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
3,881 Hong Kong59
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Perrin:
10,136 Germany975
7,500 South Africa858
6,453 Argentina821
25,252 Philippines516
25,060 Brazil493
850 Wales452
10,846 Mexico419
12,659 Morocco403
2,550 New Zealand296
8,267 Belgium223
1,340 Jamaica214
28,734 Poland191
16,885 Spain189
5,601 Chile180
44,259 Italy179
27,627 Turkey175
2,912 Ireland142
4,429 Scotland131
440 Luxembourg106
Countries with thousands of Perrin:
1,429 England5,560
1,515 Canada3,418
133 Switzerland3,268
1,093 Ivory Coast2,338
720 Haiti2,223
1,469 Australia2,169
Countries with ten thousands of Perrin:
34 France51,310
2,902 United States13,886
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman William Perrin who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 8, 1846 by Rochester put out from Liverpool. Farmer George Perrin, Elizth. Perrin (49) Immigrant, Immigrant Jane Perrin, Immigrant Betsy Perrin, James Perrin, aged 20, George Perrin, aged 18, Immigrant John Perrin, 12 years old William Perrin, and 17 other Perrin around 30% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

From Italy

39 years old farmer Bertolo Perrin who was residing in Sondrio, Italy migrated to Como on January 21, 1882 by Caldera put out from Marseilles. 19 years old Camille Perrin, Giuseppe Perrin (23) Farmer, Ostera Perrin (30) Farmer, are other Perrin that migrated to US.

Comments

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Leatha Kellems
Perrin is a very common name, represents a familiere shaped stone baptismal name from the Latin meaning petrus rock.

Perrin Namesakes

  • Harold Perrineau, Actor
  • Alain Perrin, Soccer player
  • Vic Perrin, Actor
  • Conny Perrin, Tennis player
  • Ambroise Perrin, Actor
  • Angelique Perrin, Actor
  • Angelique Perrin, Actor
  • Anney Perrine, Costume designer
  • Lola Perrin, Composer
  • Noel Perrin, Essayist

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