Petersein Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Petersein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petersein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Petersein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petersein is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petersein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Petersein occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Petersein are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany Petersein is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 83 percent are found, Hesse, where 13 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent are found. Besides Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Petersein Last Name Statistics demography

Petersein earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

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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 Petersein
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