Peternelli Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Belgium

Peternelli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peternelli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1501:1,427,16248,115
Italy211:2,912,22398,106
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Peternelli Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peternelli has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Peternelli click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peternelli? popularity and diffusion

Peternelli is the 1,248,410th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname Peternelli occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Peternelli live; 81 percent live in South America and 81 percent live in Luso-South America.

Peternelli is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 1,427,162. In Brazil Peternelli is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 55 percent are found, Paraná, where 35 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 11 percent are found and Belgium, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petternelli951/
Peternella90210/
Petarnelli902/
Paternelli901/
Peternelle901/
Peternelly901/
Pieternella861,988/
Pieternelle8643/
Petternella8616/
Peiternelle863/
Paternelle80112/
Piternella8039/
Peternille801/

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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 Peternelli
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