Petersem Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Petersem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Petersem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petersem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petersem is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petersem? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petersem is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Petersem reside; 67 percent reside in South America and 66 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name Petersem is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 4,653,790. In Brazil Petersem is most frequent in: Espírito Santo, where 28 percent reside, São Paulo, where 28 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 17 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 17 percent reside and Denmark, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Petersem
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