Pertow Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Pertow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Pertów (1) are calculated separately.
Pertow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pertow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pertow has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can also be found in the variant forms: Pertów. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pertow? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Pertow occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Pertow are found; 44 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Sweden this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Czechia, where 11 percent are found.
Pertow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pertow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pertow last name contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pertów | 94 | 1 | / |
| Piertow | 92 | 1 | / |
| Partow | 83 | 187 | / |
| Pertov | 83 | 158 | / |
| Pertaw | 83 | 11 | / |
| Pertob | 83 | 6 | / |
| Portow | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pertof | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pretow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pertovt | 77 | 142 | / |
| Pertova | 77 | 75 | / |
| Pertoft | 77 | 42 | / |
| Portouw | 77 | 18 | / |
| Prettow | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pairtow | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pertoff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pertofe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Partoow | 77 | 1 | / |
| Parthow | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pertgaw | 77 | 1 | / |
| Parttow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Peartova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pertab | 67 | 2,093 | / |
| Portov | 67 | 416 | / |
| Pertav | 67 | 263 | / |
| Partov | 67 | 72 | / |
| Pretov | 67 | 15 | / |
| Partaw | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pyrtov | 67 | 6 | / |
| Peiretoff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pertaub | 62 | 307 | / |
| Portoff | 62 | 26 | / |
| Perthab | 62 | 4 | / |
| Pyrtova | 62 | 2 | / |
| Pertaab | 62 | 1 | / |
| Peřtova | 62 | 1 | / |
| Partoof | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pertuif | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pretoff | 62 | 1 | / |
| Portouf | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pertufe | 62 | 0 | / |
| Pihrtova | 57 | 2 | / |
| Peertaub | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pirtab | 50 | 2 | / |
| Partav | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pertow
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