Petret Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Petret Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Pétret (1) are calculated separately.
Petret Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petret Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petret is found most frequently in France. It can also occur in the variant forms: Pétret. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petret? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Petret reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Petret is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,656,909. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 92 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 4 percent reside and Occitanie, where 4 percent reside. Apart from France this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.
Petret Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Petret has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petret last name decreased 86 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 Petret
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