The Perales surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 11,558 people carried this name — #2,850 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 216 people named Perales.
108 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Perales live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Perales.
- Pepiot 120 · U.S. census
- Peplinski 1,537 · U.S. census
- Pequignot 501 · U.S. census
- Pera 3,461 · U.S. census
- Peral 437 · U.S. census
- Peraldo 120 · U.S. census
- Peralta 24,713 · U.S. census
- Perasso 129 · U.S. census
- Perault 293 · U.S. census
- Percy 4,015 · U.S. census
- Perdigon 133 · U.S. census
- Perdon 133 · U.S. census
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