Petom Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Petom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Petom (39) may also be a first name.
Petom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petom is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petom? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Petom live; 48 percent live in Oceania Islands and 48 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used first name in the world, held by 39 people.
The last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Morobe, where 91 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Petom
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