The Peri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 901 people carried this name — #26,932 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 804 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 595 people named Peri live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 334 people named Peri.
47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Corsica.
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
29 people named Peri live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
253 people named Peri are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Peri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacopo Peri 1561–1633 · composer -
Giovanni Domenico Peri 1590–1666 · economist -
Alfredo Peri-Morosini 1862–1931 · Catholic priest -
Eliezer Peri 1894–1979 · politician -
Niccolò Peri 1550–1598 · bookseller
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Andrea Peri 1669–1739
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Peri.
- Peretto 189 · U.S. census
- Perey 205 · U.S. census
- Perez 681,645 · U.S. census
- Perfetti 817 · U.S. census
- Perge 105 · U.S. census
- Pergola 684 · U.S. census
- Peria 172 · U.S. census
- Periard 231 · U.S. census
- Peric 393 · U.S. census
- Perico 198 · U.S. census
- Perin 1,233 · U.S. census
- Perina 223 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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