Petit Surname
Approximately 119,429 people bear this surname
Petit Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French) Little [Middle English petit (Englishpetty), French petit; perh. t. the Gaulish cognate of Welsh pid, a point] Hamo le Petit.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
Robert Petit.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1332.
Petit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 36,325 | 1:1,829 | 115 |
| Haiti | 29,872 | 1:358 | 37 |
| Venezuela | 15,620 | 1:1,934 | 337 |
| Belgium | 8,726 | 1:1,318 | 50 |
| United States | 8,137 | 1:44,545 | 5,455 |
| Canada | 4,963 | 1:7,424 | 1,092 |
| Madagascar | 3,492 | 1:6,773 | 1,367 |
| Spain | 1,783 | 1:26,221 | 2,730 |
| Argentina | 1,129 | 1:37,860 | 3,163 |
| Brazil | 899 | 1:238,125 | 9,183 |
| Netherlands | 814 | 1:20,746 | 3,275 |
| Dominican Republic | 755 | 1:13,818 | 1,036 |
| Chile | 545 | 1:32,324 | 1,723 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| England | 508 | 1:109,681 | 11,357 |
| Switzerland | 386 | 1:21,277 | 3,399 |
| Germany | 369 | 1:218,172 | 24,578 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Mauritius | 312 | 1:4,146 | 808 |
| New Caledonia | 302 | 1:915 | 20 |
| Thailand | 301 | 1:234,679 | 39,704 |
| Australia | 279 | 1:96,759 | 10,970 |
| Luxembourg | 258 | 1:2,250 | 251 |
| Colombia | 228 | 1:209,535 | 5,026 |
| French Polynesia | 221 | 1:1,271 | 181 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Peru | 143 | 1:222,267 | 9,751 |
| Mexico | 136 | 1:912,693 | 12,488 |
| Honduras | 130 | 1:67,819 | 1,436 |
| Algeria | 127 | 1:304,185 | 29,785 |
| Panama | 127 | 1:30,805 | 1,786 |
| Cuba | 122 | 1:94,448 | 2,918 |
| South Africa | 100 | 1:541,777 | 42,852 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Italy | 80 | 1:764,459 | 62,244 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 60 | 1:22,733 | 2,550 |
| Poland | 51 | 1:745,270 | 61,215 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Iran | 45 | 1:1,706,278 | 64,723 |
| Guernsey | 44 | 1:1,465 | 311 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Burkina Faso | 35 | 1:524,346 | 7,119 |
| Ecuador | 35 | 1:454,453 | 10,445 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34 | 1:269,479 | 19,099 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Paraguay | 29 | 1:249,543 | 4,299 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Uruguay | 28 | 1:122,563 | 11,386 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 25 | 1:1,373 | 161 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Monaco | 14 | 1:2,648 | 179 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Japan | 12 | 1:10,653,691 | 45,407 |
| Saint Lucia | 12 | 1:14,898 | 1,270 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Bolivia | 8 | 1:1,327,054 | 6,143 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Vietnam | 8 | 1:11,580,757 | 2,851 |
| Bahamas | 7 | 1:55,964 | 829 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Anguilla | 6 | 1:2,239 | 218 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Dominica | 3 | 1:25,297 | 621 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 38 | 1:116,575 | 6,975 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 172 | 1:141,717 | 12,742 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:5,188 | 903 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,259 | 1:39,888 | 4,690 |
The alternate forms: Petít (1) are calculated separately.
Petit (12,038) may also be a first name.
Petit Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French) Little [Middle English petit (Englishpetty), French petit; perh. t. the Gaulish cognate of Welsh pid, a point] Hamo le Petit.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
Robert Petit.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1332.
(French) Little [see Petit(t, Petty, in Dict.]
(French) The short or small man.
French Le Petit; from diminutive size; a very common sobriquet in Norman and subsequent times.
Ralph, William, Bernard, Herbert Parvus or le Petit, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Eleven of the name 1198. Gilbert, John, Ralph, Robert, William P., Engl. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
(French), Little. de Petiteville, of Little town. Petits- pas, Short steps. (variant: Pasdeloup and Courtpie.)
Petit Demographics
Average Petit Salary in
United States
$45,187 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petit (Arabic: بوتيت, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺘﻲ, Hindi: पेतित, Marathi: पेटीट, Russian: Петит) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Petít. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petit? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,730th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 61,020 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Petit live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 36 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Petit is also the 54,029th most widespread given name globally, borne by 12,038 people.
Petit is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 36,325 people, or 1 in 1,829. In France it is most common in: Île-de-France, where 27 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 12 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent live. Other than France this last name exists in 144 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 25 percent live and Venezuela, where 13 percent live.
Petit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Petit has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petit last name rose 646 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 295 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Petit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (97%) in Ireland and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Petit last name are 2.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.65% 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petit in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺘﻲ | bty | - |
| Petit in the Hindi language | ||
| पेतित | petita | - |
| Petit in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटीट | petita | - |
| Petit in the Russian language | ||
| Петит | petit | - |
| Petit in the Arabic language | ||
| بوتيت | bwtyt | - |
| بيتيت | bytyt | - |
| بيتيه | bytyh | - |
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Footnotes
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