Petonyan Surname

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

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Petonyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petonyan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia161:183,1365,171
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

Petonyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petonyan (Russian: Петонян) is most common in Armenia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petonyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petonyan is the 4,116,508th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Petonyan are found; 74 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia.

The surname Petonyan is most frequently occurring in Armenia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 183,136. In Armenia it is primarily concentrated in: Tavush Province, where 88 percent live, Vayots Dzor Province, where 6 percent live and Yerevan, where 6 percent live. Besides Armenia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 26 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petanyan8887/
Pitonyan881/
Petanyang8218/
Patanyan7582/
Petenian7519/
Patenyan7510/
Pitanyan754/
Potanyan751/
Petagnan751/
Paytonjian6717/
Petuniam631/
Petagnong594/
Pethanian591/
Pestanian591/
Petthanhom561/
Pethaniham561/
Patanian50279/
Patanyon501/
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Petonyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petonyan in the Russian language
Петонянpetonan-

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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 Petonyan
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