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 occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Pétret. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petret? popularity and diffusion
Petret is the 2,979,664th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Petret occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Petret are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Petret is most common in France, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 2,656,909. In France Petret is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 92 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 4 percent are found and Occitanie, where 4 percent are found. Other than France Petret occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and Austria, where 2 percent are found.
Petret Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Petret has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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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