Peterfy Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Peterfy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterfy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Péterfy (232) are calculated separately.

Peterfy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peterfy occurs most in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Péterfy. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterfy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Peterfy are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Peterfy is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 7,249,179. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 28 percent reside, California, where 18 percent reside and Missouri, where 14 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 9 percent reside and Ecuador, where 8 percent reside.

Peterfy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Peterfy last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Peterfy earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 78.93% more than the national average, earning $77,206 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Péterfy95232/
Peterffy9366/
Peterfay9312/
Peterfi86663/
Péterffy80171/
Peterfaj8035/
Peterfai8033/
Péterfay8027/
Peterfea801/
Peterfish7521/
Petterfer751/
Péterfi71431/
Peaterfish710/
Péterfai67200/
Piterfish630/
Pottorfe531/

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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 Peterfy
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