Peterk Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Peterk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Peterk (24) may also be a first name.

Peterk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peterk is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Peterk click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. Peterk is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Peterk are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 24 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 3,354,394. In Germany Peterk is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 46 percent live, Thuringia, where 33 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent live. Besides Germany it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent live and Poland, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peterke92197/
Pieterk924/
Peterkp923/
Pieterck861/
Peysterk861/
Petterck860/
Petrek831,000/
Petřek83344/
Peterc8359/
Petirk8311/
Paterk838/
Peterq834/
Peterg833/
Poterk831/
Peterková802,844/
Peterkova80113/
Petýrek7794/
Petreck7719/
Petyrek7719/
Paterck7710/
Patterk778/
Pioterk772/
Peitrek772/
Petterg771/
Petirck771/
Petörke771/
Peeterq771/
Pyterke771/
Peetark771/
Peterque711/
Petergue711/
Piterková67269/
Petýrková67103/
Petercová6741/
Piterkova6739/
Petergova6735/
Petyrková6713/
Píterková673/
Petercova673/
Patark672/
Poterc671/
Péterková671/
Petírková671/
Petyrkova671/

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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 Peterk
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