Perski Explained

Perski is an Ashkenazi Jewish toponymic surname after the village of Pershai in today's Valozhyn Raion, Belarus. Variants include Persky and Perske.

Notable persons with the surname Perski include:

• Peter Perski (born 1970), Swedish actor
• Szymon Perski (born 1923), birth name of Shimon Peres, Israeli statesman
• Yoel Dov-Ber Perski (1816–1871), writer and translator

See also

• Constantin Perskyi (1854–1906), Russian scientist and professor