Petience Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Petience Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petience Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Petience (3,346) may also be a first name.

Petience Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petience is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petience? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Petience reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Petience is also the 123,374th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 3,346 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 46 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 21 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peatience941/
Petence9311/
Petince931/
Petuence881/
Peteince881/
Petenchea82281/
Paitience821/
Paytience820/
Petenge802/
Petinci801/
Pettiens7532/
Petenchi7511/
Pitinche756/
Petenger752/
Paitence751/
Petenshe751/
Pettinca751/
Pettenger71420/
Pethienss711/
Peythiens710/
Petenzi67480/
Petingi6742/
Petinge6712/
Petouenchi672/
Petensi671/
Petyins671/
Petenza671/

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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 Petience
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