Petier Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Petier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Romania | 8 | 1:2,509,734 | 55,065 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Petier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petier is found most in France. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Petier click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petier? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Petier reside; 39 percent reside in Western Europe and 35 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 8,302,840. In France Petier is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 38 percent reside, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 25 percent reside and Brittany, where 13 percent reside. Excluding France Petier occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 35 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Petier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Petier has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 56 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Petier
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