The Pernice surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 696 people carried this name — #32,935 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 4% from 728 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pernice surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
From pernice (“partridge”), probably a nickname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pernice» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 151 people named Pernice 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 86 people named Pernice.
Most of them — 64 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Essonne.
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
31 people named Pernice live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Pernice,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hugo Pernice 1829–1901 · physician -
Alfred Pernice 1841–1901 · jurist -
Alfred Pernice 1841–1901 · jurist
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Wolfgang Pernice d. 1981
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Ludwig Pernice 1799–1861 · jurist
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Johanne Auguste Pernice 1805–1891
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pernice.
- Perkins 131,440 · U.S. census
- Perl 2,150 · U.S. census
- Perles 179 · U.S. census
- Perlin 497 · U.S. census
- Perna 3,467 · U.S. census
- Perney 116 · U.S. census
- Pernot 149 · U.S. census
- Pero 2,239 · U.S. census
- Peron 566 · U.S. census
- Perona 664 · U.S. census
- Perone 1,650 · U.S. census
- Peroni 315 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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