Peterus Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Peterus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia2641:111,7217,470
Indonesia581:2,280,159138,233
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Peterus (989) may also be a first name.

Peterus Last Name Facts

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

Peterus is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Peterus.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 788,513th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Peterus live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Peterus is also the 256,075th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 989 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 111,721. In Malaysia Peterus is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 78 percent live, Sabah, where 19 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent live. Outside of Malaysia it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.

Peterus Last Name Statistics demography

Peterus earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.4% less than the national average, earning R 39,444 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peterous931/
Peteru92497/
Peterhaus880/
Peteros864,014/
Peterou86135/
Paterus8648/
Petarus8640/
Petteru868/
Piterus864/
Peteruc861/
Petheru861/
Petrehus80231/
Pesterau80115/
Peteruce8010/
Pestereu804/
Pieteros801/
Petterui801/
Peşterau801/
Piteru771/
Petiru771/
Peterruce753/
Petarusch751/
Peisterup751/
Peiteiros751/
Petiros711,458/
Piteros71299/
Piterou7182/
Pitarus7151/
Potirus7110/
Pitirus717/
Peteroo714/
Patarus712/
Patorus711/
Peteroz711/
Patirus711/
Pethiru711/
Petrehuș6794/
Petrehuş6774/
Pytterud6720/
Phetiros679/
Petteroe678/
Pitteros675/
Potirush673/
Potaraus673/
Pytterou672/
Pestireu672/
Peatiros671/
Pitterou671/
Patarush671/
Patharus671/

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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 Peterus
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis