Petersmeier Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Petersmeier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 119 | 1:676,516 | 52,308 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Petersmeier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petersmeier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petersmeier is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petersmeier? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petersmeier is the 1,666,404th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petersmeier reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Petersmeier is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 676,516. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 82 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersmeir | 95 | 0 | / |
| Petters-Meier | 92 | 5 | / |
| Petersmeyer | 91 | 213 | / |
| Peters-Meyer | 87 | 22 | / |
| Petersamer | 86 | 31 | / |
| Petersammer | 82 | 5 | / |
| Peters-Moore | 70 | 3 | / |
| Peters Moura | 70 | 2 | / |
| Pedroso Maier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petrusmaria | 64 | 6 | / |
| Peters-Omaruaye | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pedroso Mira | 61 | 2 | / |
| Pitter-Seymour | 56 | 1 | / |
| Pedroso Mora | 52 | 2 | / |
| Pedroso Mayr | 52 | 1 | / |
| Pedrosa Moura | 50 | 11 | / |
| Pedroso Moura | 50 | 8 | / |
| Pedroso Amaro | 50 | 4 | / |
| Pedrosa Marra | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pedrosa Maria | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Petersmeier
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