Petitain Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Petitain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petitain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Petitain Last Name Facts

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

Petitain occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petitain? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petitain is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Petitain reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 958,054. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 92 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Belgium it is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

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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 Petitain
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