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
Pethey (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཐད།) is found in Bhutan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pethey? popularity and diffusion
Pethey is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Pethey is primarily 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 occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 4 people.
The last name is most numerous in Bhutan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 308,020. In Bhutan it is most prevalent in: Mongar District, where 50 percent reside and Zhemgang District, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Bhutan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside and Lithuania, where 25 percent reside.
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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