Petunia Forename

81,912th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 6,436 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Petunia Forename Definition:

A North American Indian name, meaning: Flower name: sin­gularly, the flower seems to have been called after the Indian word for tobacco, petun.

Petunia Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
5,5671:9,7961,686
Zimbabwe
100%
3781:40,8043,757
United States
100%
1261:2,877,27842,634
England
100%
661:842,46814,944
Congo
100%
621:80,7945,459
Brazil
100%
551:3,895,20366,134
Botswana
100%
531:41,2164,268
Nigeria
100%
291:6,122,90983,805
Venezuela
100%
201:1,510,09528,853
Sri Lanka-91:2,311,0107,931
Spain-51:9,305,99318,112
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Philippines
100%
51:21,201,895240,180
Tonga-41:26,859378
India
100%
41:303,719,4932,628,057
Finland
50%
 
31:1,827,72814,078
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Marshall Islands
100%
21:25,6153,101
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
China-21:683,027,89194,999
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Sweden-11:9,857,90778,968
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Paraguay-11:7,236,80516,549
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366

The alternate forms: Petúnia (2) & Pètunia (1) are calculated separately.

Petunia Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A North American Indian name, meaning: Flower name: sin­gularly, the flower seems to have been called after the Indian word for tobacco, petun.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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