Petersik Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Petersik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petersik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1001:805,05559,076
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Petersik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petersik is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petersik? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petersik is the 1,333,288th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. Petersik is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Petersik live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Petersik is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 805,055. In Germany Petersik is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 24 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent live and Hesse, where 15 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Petersik Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Petersik has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petersik surname rose 683 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petersik Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petersik last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.23% registered to vote for the political party.

Petersik earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.04% more than the national average, earning $44,894 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 Petersik
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