Petreck Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Petreck Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Petreck (17) may also be a first name.
Petreck Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petreck Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petreck is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petreck? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Petreck live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe. Petreck is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.
The last name Petreck is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 4,735,615. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live.
Petreck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Petreck has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Petreck
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