Petrahn Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Petrahn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petrahn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrahn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petrahn occurs most in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrahn? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Petrahn is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Petrahn live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Petrahn is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany Petrahn is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 44 percent are found and Bavaria, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Petrahn
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