Peteru Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Peteru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa | 243 | 1:798 | 243 |
| India | 95 | 1:8,074,372 | 169,494 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| New Zealand | 45 | 1:100,629 | 13,472 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Peteru (81) may also be a first name.
Peteru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peteru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peteru is more commonly found in Samoa than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peteru? popularity and diffusion
Peteru is the 618,896th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Peteru are found; 64 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Polynesia. Peteru is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 81 people.
The surname is most widely held in Samoa, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 798. Apart from Samoa this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterus | 92 | 358 | / |
| Peterou | 92 | 135 | / |
| Petteru | 92 | 8 | / |
| Petheru | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pesterau | 86 | 115 | / |
| Pestereu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Petterui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peşterau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peterous | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pateru | 83 | 327 | / |
| Petaru | 83 | 15 | / |
| Poteru | 83 | 13 | / |
| Piteru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Petiru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peisterup | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peterhaus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Paterau | 77 | 296 | / |
| Piterou | 77 | 82 | / |
| Patereu | 77 | 8 | / |
| Potteru | 77 | 7 | / |
| Patteru | 77 | 5 | / |
| Peteroo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Piterus | 77 | 4 | / |
| Patheru | 77 | 3 | / |
| Potheru | 77 | 3 | / |
| Phateru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pettaru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pethiru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paateru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poterau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Petrehuș | 71 | 94 | / |
| Pytterud | 71 | 20 | / |
| Petteroe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Pestireu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pytterou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pettorru | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pataerou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitterou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitaru | 67 | 709 | / |
| Potoru | 67 | 152 | / |
| Potaru | 67 | 49 | / |
| Pataru | 67 | 43 | / |
| Patoru | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pitoru | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pitiru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petitroux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettorrru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paterů | 67 | 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 Peteru
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