Pethey Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Pethey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Pethey (4) may also be a first name.
Pethey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pethey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pethey (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཐད།) is borne by more people in Bhutan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pethey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Pethey reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia. Pethey is also the 6,192,526th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 4 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Bhutan, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 308,020. In Bhutan Pethey is primarily found in: Mongar District, where 50 percent are found and Zhemgang District, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Bhutan it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent are found and Lithuania, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pethey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pethey in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཔལ་ཐད། | palté | 16.67 |
| དཔེ་ཐེ། | pété | 16.67 |
| དཔལ་ཐེ། | palté | 16.67 |
| དཔལ་ཐིག། | paltik | 16.67 |
| དཔལ་ཐི། | palti | 16.67 |
| དཔྱལ་མཐེ། | chalté | 16.67 |
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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 Pethey
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