Petitinga Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Petitinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petitinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil701:3,058,20588,974
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Petitinga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petitinga is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petitinga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,220,661st most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Petitinga live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name Petitinga is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 3,058,205. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Bahia, where 59 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 14 percent live and São Paulo, where 13 percent live. Aside from Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Petitinga
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