Petersch Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Petersch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petersch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petersch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petersch is most common in Germany. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petersch? popularity and diffusion
Petersch is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Petersch occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Petersch live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Petersch is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 73 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 13 percent are found and Hesse, where 7 percent are found. Not including Germany it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Petersch
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