Peterz Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Peterz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 58 | 1:146,818 | 19,663 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Peterz (15) may also be a first name.
Peterz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peterz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peterz is carried by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Peterz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peterz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. Peterz occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Peterz live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe. Peterz is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 146,818. In Austria Peterz is mostly found in: Carinthia, where 100 percent live. Barring Austria this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent live and Argentina, 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 Peterz
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