Paternò Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Paternò Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paternò Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2841:215,34030,364
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Paterno (9,904), Paternó (33), Paternô (2) & Paterño (2) are calculated separately.

Paternò Last Name Facts

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

The surname Paternò occurs most in Italy. It may also appear as: Paterno, Paternó, Paternô or Paterño. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Paternò? popularity and diffusion

It is the 904,049th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Paternò reside; 97 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 96 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Italy, where it is held by 284 people, or 1 in 215,340. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Sicily, where 57 percent are found, Lazio, where 19 percent are found and Lombardy, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Italy this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Germany, 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 Paternò
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