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Surname Perets (פרץ , Perets , Перец ) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Perets is characteristic of Israel, where it is a common surname, Cyprus, where it is quite a rare surname, and Ukraine. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Israel, Russia, and Ukraine. Very seldom, Perets is the forename as well as the last name.