Petersic Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Petersic Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petersic Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Peteršić (15) & Peteršič (2) are calculated separately.

Petersic Last Name Facts

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

Petersic is found most frequently in Austria. It can appear in the variant forms: Peteršić or Peteršič. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petersic? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Petersic occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petersic are found; 50 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 50 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most common in Austria, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 8,515,435. In Austria Petersic is most common in: Upper Austria, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Austria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 25 percent are found and Germany, where 25 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
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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 Petersic
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