Petersheim Surname

367,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 979 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Petersheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petersheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8981:403,62935,249
France251:2,656,909193,074
Norway251:205,69123,411
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Petersheim Last Name Facts

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

Petersheim is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Petersheim click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petersheim? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 367,731st most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,443,867 people. Petersheim occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Petersheim reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 898 people, or 1 in 403,629. In The United States it is mostly found in: Indiana, where 7 percent reside, Ohio, where 7 percent reside and Maryland, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent reside and Norway, where 3 percent reside.

Petersheim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Petersheim has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Petersheim surname rose 1,952 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petersheim Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petersheim are 24.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 77.36% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Petersheim earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 14.37% less than the national average, earning 296,341 kr per year and in United States they earn 12.03% less than the national average, earning $37,957 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
  • 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 Petersheim
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