Family name Periklis (Periklis 
, Περικλής , Периклис 
) , in all the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Periklis is characteristic of Greece, where it is a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare surname, and China, where it is an extremely rare surname. Likewise, Periklis is the forename as well as the last name.