Petom Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Petom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

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 surname Petom is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petom? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petom is the 4,116,508th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Petom occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Petom are found; 48 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 48 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 39 people.

The last name Petom is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 91 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 9 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petoum9114/
Pethom9110/
Peetom917/
Pettom916/
Petgom911/
Petome911/
Pietom911/
Phetom911/
Pestom910/
Peetoom83848/
Phettom836/
Phethom833/
Pedtoom831/
Peethom831/
Pettoum831/
Petgoum831/
Phetoum831/
Pechtom831/
Peton801,290/
Potom801,288/
Petam80120/
Patom8023/
Pitom8021/
Petum8013/
Peettoom775/
Peithome771/
Peyton7315,774/
Petton73879/
Pieton73494/
Pettam73431/
Peitum73226/
Petoin73175/
Pheton73175/
Peaton73148/
Peston73138/
Pattom73135/
Pittom73122/
Peetam73115/
Petong73108/
Petone7365/
Pettum7354/
Pestum7328/
Pitome7326/
Pathom7318/
Patoom7316/
Peiton7312/
Pietoń7310/
Peytum739/
Pithom738/
Pethon737/
Petham736/
Peeton734/
Pethum734/
Pestam733/
Peetum733/
Phatom732/
Petaum732/
Pottom731/
Pehton731/
Petaam731/
Petoun731/
Photom731/
Peitam731/
Pitomg731/
Potoum731/
Phetum731/
Phetam731/
Petonh731/
Petgum731/
Paetam731/
Peuton730/
Pothom730/
Phothom67712/
Pettong67368/
Peaston67264/
Paytome67100/
Pietton6791/
Pestone6791/
Patthom6780/
Peetham6756/
Pedtong6754/
Peethum6744/
Peetong6735/
Pattoom6725/
Pheaton6724/
Pethong6717/
Pettone6714/
Peitong6714/
Pheston6711/
Phathom679/
Phetoon675/
Peatong674/
Pethoun674/
Pittome673/
Paattom672/
Peytone672/
Petosin672/
Petoune672/
Pettoun672/
Peitton672/
Petgoon672/
Peatham671/
Pedtham671/
Petõ671/
Pieteum671/
Pedtone671/
Pestaão671/
Pothuom671/
Potthom671/
Phetgam671/
Pothoum671/
Phetong671/
Phetton671/
Phatoom671/
Pestoon671/
Pettond671/
Padthom671/
Padtoom671/
Pettoon670/
Pethond670/
Pieyton670/
Pestham670/
Petasem670/

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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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