Petorius Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Petorius Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petorius Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petorius Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petorius occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petorius? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petorius is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Petorius live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 40 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 40 percent reside and Free State, where 20 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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
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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 Petorius
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