Petison Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Petison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Petison (61) may also be a first name.

Petison Last Name Facts

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

Petison (Russian: Пэтисон) is most common in Russia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petison? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petison is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 35 percent of Petison live; 31 percent live in Eastern Europe and 19 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Petison is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 61 people.

The surname Petison is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 24,020,509. In Russia Petison is primarily found in: Moscow, where 67 percent reside, Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 17 percent reside and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Russia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Ghana, where 15 percent reside.

Petison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Petison has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Petison last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Petison Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petison in the Russian language
Пэтисонpetison-

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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
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  • 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 Petison
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