Peretz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Isaac Leip, Polish Jewish poet
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈpɝɪts/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Peretz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 499K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 1.4K
- CYCyprus≈1 in 13K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 230 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Israel, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Isaac Leip, Polish Jewish poet
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Peretz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Peretz | 78 |
| US United States | 667 | 1 in 499K | 781 | Peretz | 230 |
| FR France | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 306K | 13 | — | 2 |
| CA Canada | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 300K | — | Peretz | 41 |
| DE Germany | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 659K | — | Peretz | 23 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 172K | — | Peretz | 4 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Peretz | 5 |
| AT Austria | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 259K | — | Peretz | 7 |
| EE Estonia | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 175K | listed | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Itzhak Peretzb. 1852PLYiddish language author and playwright (1852–1915)
- Marty Peretzb. 1938USAmerican journalist and publisher
- Amir Peretzb. 1952ILIsraeli politician and former leader of the Israeli Labor Party
- Vicky Peretzb. 1953ILIsraeli footballer
- Miriam Peretzb. 1954ILIsraeli educator and politician
- Rafi Peretzb. 1956ILIsrael Defence Forces Chief Rabbi
- Jesse Peretzb. 1968USAmerican musician and director
- Omer Peretzb. 1986ILIsraeli footballer
- Daniel Peretzb. 2000ILIsraeli footballer
- Evgenia Peretzscreenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 781 | #31,714 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 667 | #34,073 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 529 | #39,176 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 4 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Peretz mean, and where does it come from?
- Isaac Leip, Polish Jewish poet Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Peretz?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpɝɪts/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- What are other forms of the name Peretz?
- In the etymology graph, Perez and Phares are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Peretz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.4 thousand people named Peretz in Israel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled peretz.
- How common is the name Peretz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 667 people named Peretz in 2010, about 1 in 499 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/peretzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Peretz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.