Peterolff Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Peterolff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Peterolff 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
France681:976,805110,007
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Peterolff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peterolff is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterolff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,237,939th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Peterolff reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 976,805. In France it is primarily found in: Hauts-de-France, where 40 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 35 percent reside and Grand Est, where 22 percent reside. Barring France this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

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
Petterolf891/
Pitrolffy7815/
Petruloff789/
Pitterolf780/
Petrolv756/
Petrolov711/
Putrlaff710/
Bitterolf67164/
Bittrolff67145/
Peterlová6710/
Beterlife677/
Petter Oliva672/
Petroliev671/
Petralafi671/
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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 Peterolff
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