Petanec Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Petanec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petanec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397

Petanec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petanec has its highest incidence in Hungary. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petanec? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petanec is the 5,587,209th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Petanec reside; 83 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 67 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Petanec is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,227,035. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Hungary this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petanic869/
Potanec867/
Potaniec8074/
Petanick8012/
Petainek804/
Pataniec803/
Petasnic801/
Pietanek801/
Petajnic801/
Petasnick7519/
Pitanes7178/
Petonic7150/
Petanić7148/
Potenec7142/
Pataneg712/
Petanis711/
Potanek711/
Patanek711/
Potoniec67766/
Pethanik6716/
Petonick6715/
Petajnik679/
Pistanek678/
Pethanij673/
Petasnik672/
Petajnjk672/
Poteniec671/
Potounec671/
Pethanis671/
Pathanic671/
Pathanek671/

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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 Petanec
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