The Perez surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 488,521 people carried this name — #29 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 552 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 12,836 people named Perez.
6,232 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
4,589 people named Perez live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 146 people named Perez live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
27 people named Perez have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 255 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Perez in American newspapers,
1905–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 140,961 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Perez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Paolo Perez 1812–1892 · writer -
Giovanni Perez 1873–1959 · politician -
Zwi Perez Chajes 1876–1927 · rabbi -
Marcel Perez 1884–1929 · screenwriter -
Leander Perez 1891–1969 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 250 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Perez.
- Perera 2,909 · U.S. census
- Peres 4,793 · U.S. census
- Peret 255 · U.S. census
- Peretti 612 · U.S. census
- Peretto 177 · U.S. census
- Perey 266 · U.S. census
- Perfetti 830 · U.S. census
- Perge 105 · U.S. census
- Pergola 690 · U.S. census
- Peri 804 · U.S. census
- Peria 154 · U.S. census
- Periard 212 · U.S. census
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