Petersenn Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Petersenn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 59 | 1:1,364,499 | 85,126 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Petersenn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petersenn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petersenn (Russian: Петерсенн) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petersenn? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petersenn is the 2,293,424th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Petersenn is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Petersenn are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 1,364,499. In Germany Petersenn is most numerous in: Hamburg, where 24 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petersenn Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petersenn in the Russian language | ||
| Петерсенн | petersenn | - |
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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 Petersenn
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