Penterson Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Penterson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penterson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:17,259,949572,238
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Penterson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penterson has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Penterson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Penterson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Penterson live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 17,259,949. In The United States it is most common in: Virginia, where 48 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 33 percent reside and Connecticut, where 10 percent reside.

Penterson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Penterson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Penterson surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Penterson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Penterson last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

Penterson earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

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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 Penterson
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