Petern Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Petern Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petern (13) may also be a first name.
Petern Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petern Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petern is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petern? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Petern reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Petern is also the 3,159,357th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 13 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Petern is primarily concentrated in: Kerala, where 100 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
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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 Petern
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