Peterat Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Peterat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Austria131:655,03358,041
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Peterat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peterat is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Peterat click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterat? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,075,631st most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Peterat is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Peterat live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,750,119. In Germany Peterat is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 37 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Barring Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 22 percent reside and Austria, where 16 percent reside.

Peterat Last Name Statistics demography

Peterat earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 15.28% less than the national average, earning $42,092 CAD per year.

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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 Peterat
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