Peteghem Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Peteghem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peteghem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Peteghem (11) may also be a first name.

Peteghem Last Name Facts

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

Peteghem is most common in Belgium. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peteghem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Peteghem occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Peteghem live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. Peteghem is also the 3,487,849th most common first name in the world, held by 11 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 766,443. In Belgium Peteghem is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Belgium this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petegem9310/
Pethegim7510/
Pedeguem751/
Pedegueum713/
Petgum711/
Petgom711/
Betegam6730/
Petkhum6722/
Petkham6716/
Pedegam673/
Pedegom671/
Petkhom671/
Petgoum671/
Peudeuguem671/
Betghim671/
Petekam671/
Pedegum671/
Potgham671/

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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 Peteghem
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