Pethö Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Pethö Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pethö Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2361:22,6123,677
Austria561:152,06120,229
Hungary271:363,56625,782
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pethõ (2) are calculated separately.

Pethö Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pethö is most common in Slovakia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pethõ. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pethö? popularity and diffusion

It is the 749,861st most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,027,535 people. Pethö occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pethö are found; 74 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 65 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Slovakia, where it is held by 236 people, or 1 in 22,612. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Trnava Region, where 44 percent live, Žilina Region, where 31 percent live and Košice Region, where 22 percent live. Excluding Slovakia it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 15 percent live and Hungary, where 7 percent live.

Pethö Last Name Statistics demography

Pethö earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 125.69% more than the national average, earning R 536,328 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pethõ932/
Petö89329/
Pettö801/
Pethöová77193/
Pethoe736/
Petaeh731/
Petheu731/
Petthöová711/
Petöová6730/
Phethoe6711/
Petthae676/
Petõ671/

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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 Pethö
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