Petite Surname
Approximately 2,117 people bear this surname
Petite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,014 | 1:357,455 | 31,912 |
| Spain | 226 | 1:206,867 | 14,070 |
| Canada | 196 | 1:187,988 | 18,553 |
| France | 148 | 1:448,802 | 64,499 |
| Argentina | 65 | 1:657,591 | 45,740 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Switzerland | 62 | 1:132,466 | 13,073 |
| Mauritius | 62 | 1:20,862 | 4,295 |
| Chile | 50 | 1:352,329 | 9,825 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Jamaica | 9 | 1:318,883 | 8,136 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 91 | 1:551,854 | 37,927 |
The alternate forms: Petité (1) are calculated separately.
Petite (428) may also be a first name.
Petite Demographics
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Petite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petite Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petite is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Petité. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petite? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petite is the 197,721st most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,442,393 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Petite live; 57 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. Petite is also the 415,075th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 428 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,014 people, or 1 in 357,455. In The United States Petite is most frequent in: California, where 12 percent reside, Louisiana, where 12 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 58 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Petite Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Petite has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petite last name rose 1,114 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 522 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Petite Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Petite are 15.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.23% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Petite earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.93% less than the national average, earning $38,001 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.7% less than the national average, earning $41,881 CAD per year.
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Petite Reference & Research
Pettit FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
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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 Petite
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis