Peterik Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Peterik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Peterík (1) & Peteřík (110) are calculated separately.

Peterik Last Name Facts

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

Peterik (Russian: Петерик) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Peterík or Peteřík. For other potential spellings of Peterik click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterik? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,565,797th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Peterik live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Peterik is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 3,179,464. In The United States Peterik is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 18 percent live, North Carolina, where 6 percent live and Virginia, where 5 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 11 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.

Peterik Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Peterik has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Peterik last name increased 11,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peterik Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Peterik last name are 41.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.46% registered to vote for the party.

Peterik earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.36% more than the national average, earning $50,209 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Peterik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peterik in the Russian language
Петерикpeterik-

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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 Peterik
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