Petoskey Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Petoskey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petoskey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4541:798,36861,583
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Petoskey Last Name Facts

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

Petoskey is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petoskey? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 655,080th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Petoskey reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 454 people, or 1 in 798,368. In The United States it is most frequent in: Michigan, where 45 percent live, Florida, where 6 percent live and California, where 5 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Petoskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Petoskey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petoskey last name rose 1,081 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petoskey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petoskey last name are 10.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.73% being registered with the political party.

Petoskey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.16% less than the national average, earning $43,080 USD per year.

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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 Petoskey
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