Petagna Surname

562,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Petagna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petagna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2871:213,09030,137
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
Argentina601:712,39048,679
France471:1,413,249138,595
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
England41:13,929,515290,718
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Pétagna (1) are calculated separately.

Petagna Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petagna is more frequently found in Italy than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Pétagna. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petagna? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 562,869th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 12,944,131 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Petagna reside; 51 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 51 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The last name Petagna is most numerous in Italy, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 213,090. In Italy Petagna is mostly found in: Campania, where 75 percent live, Tuscany, where 9 percent live and Lazio, where 7 percent live. Outside of Italy this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.

Petagna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Petagna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Petagna last name expanded 11,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petagna Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Petagna surname are 10.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Petagna earn in different countries varies marginally. In Italy they earn 6.08% less than the national average, earning €28,203 per year and in United States they earn 3.54% less than the national average, earning $41,620 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
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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 Petagna
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