Petanovic Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Petanovic Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petanovic 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
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Petanović (146) are calculated separately.

Petanovic Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petanovic is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Petanović. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petanovic? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Petanovic is mostly found in Oceania, where 53 percent of Petanovic are found; 53 percent are found in Australasia and 53 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Petanovic is most common in Australia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,374,463. In Australia Petanovic is most numerous in: Western Australia, where 100 percent live. Barring Australia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 40 percent live and Spain, where 7 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
Petanović96146/
Petanovich9525/
Petanovics951/
Petanovitch9012/
Petanovitsch8625/
Petánovics8423/
Petanowick846/
Petonovich842/
Patanovick842/
Petanovits841/
Petanowitch8011/
Pestonovich802/
Pitonovich7417/
Pistonovich703/
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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 Petanovic
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