Paterne Surname

284,130th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Paterne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paterne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad8671:15,6771,955
France4401:150,96123,407
Gabon91:209,9102,378
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
England11:55,718,059489,080
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349

Paterne (5,887) may also be a first name.

Paterne Last Name Facts

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

Paterne occurs more in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Paterne click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paterne? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 284,130th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,378,263 people. The surname Paterne occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Paterne live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 86,780th most common first name world-wide, held by 5,887 people.

The surname Paterne is most numerous in Chad, where it is carried by 867 people, or 1 in 15,677. Besides Chad it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in France, where 32 percent are found and Gabon, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Paterne
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