de Petter Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Petter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Petter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4381:26,2484,161
France131:5,109,440259,941
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

de Petter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Petter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Petter is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Petter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 654,010th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. The last name de Petter occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Petter are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 26,248. In Belgium de Petter is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 5 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent reside. Besides Belgium de Petter exists in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Peutter959/
de Peter9427/
de Pette940/
de Potter892,242/
de Peuter891,357/
de Pester8926/
de Pete884/
de Peyster8414/
de Pater821,018/
de Petta82128/
de Petre8273/
de Poter8225/
de Petit823/
de Potier785/
De-Potter782/
des Petit782/
de Padter781/
de Pettit781/
de Pijter781/
de Pister780/
de Peta752/
de Poyster746/
de Payster740/
de Physter740/
de Poister740/
di Petta71452/
de-Petre719/
de Pitta717/
de Pitti712/
de Pétta712/
di Petti711/
di Petty711/
de Peitid676/
da Potier671/
de Pita6340/
de Pity631/
di Peta631/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Petter
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