Petermaier Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Petermaier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 208 | 1:387,045 | 36,194 |
| Austria | 128 | 1:66,527 | 10,251 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Petermaier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petermaier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petermaier is most common in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petermaier? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 788,513th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. The last name Petermaier is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Petermaier live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Petermaier is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 387,045. In Germany Petermaier is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 89 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent live. Excluding Germany Petermaier occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 36 percent live and Italy, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petermair | 95 | 124 | / |
| Petermier | 95 | 1 | / |
| Petermeier | 90 | 1,104 | / |
| Petermayer | 90 | 9 | / |
| Petermayr | 84 | 20 | / |
| Petermeir | 84 | 4 | / |
| Petermeer | 84 | 1 | / |
| Petermyer | 84 | 0 | / |
| Petermeyer | 80 | 162 | / |
| Pottermayer | 76 | 1 | / |
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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 Petermaier
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