Peternal Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Peternal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peternal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Peternal Last Name Facts

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

Peternal is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peternal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Peternal are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Peternal is most common in: Florida, where 50 percent are found and Wyoming, where 50 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Lithuania, where 25 percent are found.

Peternal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peternal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Peternal surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Peternal
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