Perrou is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Perrou
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning:

Perrou is a variant of the Porret. Porret is a place in the department of La Manche, in Normandy.

Perrou is a variation of the Perrot. Pierot, Pierre, Peter. Prince Edward used to call the favourite, Pierce or Peter de Gaveston, Perot.

Variation of Parret. A river in county of Somerset is so called; but the name may be a corruption of the French Pierrot, a diminutive of Peter.

Perrou is form of Perret. Descendant of little Pierre meaning "rock".

Surname is the variant of Parrott. Little Peter, from the French Pierot? One of the name, it is said, accompained the Conqueror, and was father of Stephan Perrott, who settled in county Pembroke.

A variation of Parrott. May have been originally applied to a talkative person. So the classical Psittacus, from Ψιττάκος. There is however equal probability of its having been derived from the river Parret, or from Pierrot, a French diminutive of Pierre, Peter. The surname has been varied to Parratt, Parrett, and Parritt.

Perrou is a form of Perret. A French diminutive of Pierre, Peter.

How popular is Perrou?

Perrou is common in Greece, United States.

Perrou is ranked 478685 on our list.

There are about 102 people in US who wears Perrou as surname and ranked 158432 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0.3 per million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 94.12
Perrou is an uncommon surname, few people in Greece have the family name and might have roots in Greece. Around 697 people have been found who wears Perrou as their family name. Perrou is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Perrou:
3,760 Greece440
164,909 United States131
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,306 France89
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,148 Uruguay12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
283,807 Germany8

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Laborer Ant. Perrou from Germany aboard the British Crown from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on September 25, 1882.

Perrou Namesakes

  • Markéta Perroud, Ballet Dancer

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