Petering Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Petering Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petering Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2231:1,625,376108,854
Australia1931:139,87415,066
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Petering Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petering is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petering? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 649,026th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Petering reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 1,625,376. In The United States Petering is most numerous in: Texas, where 22 percent reside, Missouri, where 11 percent reside and Colorado, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 41 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.

Petering Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Petering has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Petering last name expanded 421 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petering Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Petering last name are 31.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.72% being registered with the political party.

Petering earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.94% more than the national average, earning $52,615 USD 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 Petering
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