Petersz Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Petersz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Hungary | 6 | 1:1,636,046 | 61,223 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pétersz (74) are calculated separately.
Petersz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petersz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petersz is found most in Poland. It may also be found as: Pétersz. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petersz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Petersz reside; 78 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 44 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Petersz is most widespread in Poland, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 4,751,094. Beside Poland it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 33 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.
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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 Petersz
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