Peterking Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Peterking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Peterking Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Peterking (291) may also be a first name.

Peterking Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peterking is found most in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Peterking click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterking? popularity and diffusion

The last name Peterking is the 4,908,606th most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Peterking occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Peterking reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles. Peterking is also the 517,703rd most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 291 people.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England Peterking is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 100 percent live. Barring England this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 13 percent live and Saint Lucia, where 13 percent live.

Peterking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Peterking has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peter-King958/
Pitar King741/
Petrukianec704/
Bowater-King671/

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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 Peterking
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