Petherwick Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Petherwick Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petherwick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:1,505,89364,828
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508

Petherwick Last Name Facts

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

Petherwick occurs most in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petherwick? popularity and diffusion

Petherwick is the 3,100,440th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Petherwick occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Petherwick are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 1,505,893. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 62 percent are found, Lancashire, where 22 percent are found and Essex, where 3 percent are found. Aside from England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.

Petherwick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Petherwick has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Petherwick surname expanded 161 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petherick952,267/
Petherrick901/
Pethrick8971/
Patherick840/
Potherick840/
Pethric822/
Batherwick800/
Paterwic7833/
Pathrick7831/
Patheric780/
Pathorick740/
Batherick740/
Pathric7128/
Pethrak7111/
Pathrik714/
Pethrig711/
Bethric711/
Pothrik711/
Bathrick67552/
Patharik674/
Petrevic673/
Pathriak673/
Beathric671/
Puthrika671/
Buthrick670/
Bothrick670/

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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
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  • 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 Petherwick
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