Petors Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Petors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Petors Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petors (Russian: Петорс) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Petors click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petors? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petors is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Petors reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

Petors is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,469,512. In Liberia Petors is most prevalent in: Grand Bassa County, where 33 percent live, Grand Cape Mount County, where 33 percent live and Montserrado County, where 33 percent live. Other than Liberia Petors is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.

Petors Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Petors has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petors surname contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petoors92298/
Peators920/
Pietoors862/
Petoorse861/
Pettorss861/
Peters83492,279/
Peturs838/
Petars835/
Pitors831/
Piettoors801/
Peeters7762,837/
Pieters7733,154/
Petters772,989/
Pethers77538/
Petersh7744/
Peuters7736/
Peiters7723/
Peaters7719/
Petersz7718/
Peyters7716/
Peteers7715/
Patoors7713/
Peterss7712/
Peter's7711/
Paytors776/
Pettars773/
Pottors773/
Pitoors773/
Pietars772/
Peterrs771/
Pheters771/
Peetars771/
Pïeters771/
Poeters771/
Pattors770/
Pittoors71430/
Pethurst7150/
Poetters7121/
Peijters7117/
Petersch7117/
Pheeters718/
Peetters716/
Pietters713/
Pottorss712/
Pieteurs711/
Petter's711/
Peitersz711/
Peeteers711/
Peatters710/
Piters67647/
Paters67274/
Pitars67259/
Péters67105/
Pettersch6774/
Poters6716/
Patars6711/
Pöters675/
Péturs673/
Potars673/
Peterß673/
D'Peeters671/
Pyters671/

Petors Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petors in the Russian language
Петорсpetors-

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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 Petors
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