Peltner Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Peltner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Peltner 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
Germany1271:633,90150,033
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Peltner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peltner is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peltner? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,573,888th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Peltner live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 633,901. In Germany Peltner is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 17 percent live and Berlin, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

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
Pelttner933/
Pltner924/
Pöltner86139/
Pletner86107/
Piltner8618/
Plætner861/
Plettner80655/
Pletney711/
Pletnee710/
Pletnejs671/
Pletnjova5023/
Pletennyi5020/
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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 Peltner
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