Peter Joseph Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Peter Joseph Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Peter Joseph 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
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Peter Joseph Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peter Joseph is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Peter Joseph click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peter Joseph? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Peter Joseph is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Peter Joseph reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside and Ekiti, where 33 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside.

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
Peter-Joseph923/
Powder-Joseph721/

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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 Peter Joseph
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