Petranen Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Petranen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 49 | 1:112,178 | 11,104 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
Petranen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petranen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petranen is found most frequently in Finland. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petranen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petranen reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently held in Finland, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 112,178. In Finland Petranen is most prevalent in: South Karelia, where 65 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 18 percent live and Lapland, where 6 percent live. Beside Finland Petranen exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petraynen | 94 | 1 | / |
| Peranen | 93 | 4 | / |
| Peuranen | 88 | 155 | / |
| Petranin | 88 | 96 | / |
| Petranyn | 88 | 14 | / |
| Pereanen | 88 | 7 | / |
| Phetranin | 82 | 1,959 | / |
| Petranina | 82 | 75 | / |
| Petranyna | 82 | 16 | / |
| Pereannen | 82 | 5 | / |
| Piranen | 80 | 14 | / |
| Peranem | 80 | 2 | / |
| Petronienė | 78 | 1,456 | / |
| Petreanina | 78 | 3 | / |
| Patronen | 75 | 464 | / |
| Perangin | 75 | 410 | / |
| Perhonen | 75 | 144 | / |
| Petronin | 75 | 115 | / |
| Piraynen | 75 | 46 | / |
| Patranin | 75 | 27 | / |
| Pötrönen | 75 | 27 | / |
| Peuronen | 75 | 19 | / |
| Perganin | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pirainen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Potranin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Petraninová | 74 | 18 | / |
| Petraninova | 74 | 3 | / |
| Perhanina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petroynin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peyronnenc | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pironen | 67 | 36 | / |
| Peronin | 67 | 31 | / |
| Piranin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Piranem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petrenienė | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Petranen
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis