Where Does The Last Name Petit Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Petit (Arabic: بوتيت, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺘﻲ, Hindi: पेतित, Marathi: पेटीट, Russian: Петит) is most common in France. It can occur in the variant forms: Petít. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petit? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 4,730^th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 61,020 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Petit live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 36 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 54,029^th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 12,038 people.

The surname is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 36,325 people, or 1 in 1,829. In France Petit is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 27 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 12 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent reside. Other than France this surname occurs in 144 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 25 percent reside and Venezuela, where 13 percent reside.

Petit Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Petit has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Petit surname grew 646 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 295 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Petit Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Petit last name is principally Catholic (97%) in Ireland and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Petit are 2.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.65% being registered with the party.

The amount Petit earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 6.9% less than the national average, earning €27,957 per year; in Norway they earn 34.73% less than the national average, earning 225,878 kr per year; in Peru they earn 67.58% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,486 per year; in South Africa they earn 87.14% more than the national average, earning R 444,708 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.04% more than the national average, earning $23,619,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.72% more than the national average, earning $45,187 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.37% less than the national average, earning $42,542 CAD per year.