Petegem Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Petegem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Petegem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petegem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petegem is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petegem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Petegem live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Petegem is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,874,161. In Belgium Petegem is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Belgium this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 40 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peteghem | 93 | 23 | / |
| Petegen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pethegim | 80 | 10 | / |
| Petesen | 71 | 27 | / |
| Peterzen | 67 | 104 | / |
| Pettigen | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pettesen | 67 | 19 | / |
| Pietesen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peteguin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peteasen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peteesen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Petesing | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pieterzen | 63 | 1 | / |
| Petecin | 57 | 64 | / |
| Petigin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Petisne | 57 | 1 | / |
| Petisen | 57 | 0 | / |
| Peterzén | 53 | 73 | / |
| Petighin | 53 | 8 | / |
| Petijehn | 53 | 0 | / |
| Pettisen | 53 | 0 | / |
| Peterzin | 53 | 0 | / |
| Pettijehn | 50 | 0 | / |
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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
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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 Petegem
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