Petré Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Petré Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 256 | 1:38,464 | 3,080 |
| Belgium | 157 | 1:73,227 | 11,680 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Petre (49,906), Pétré (193), Petrè (2), Pêtre (107) & Pètre (16) are calculated separately.
Petré (17) may also be a first name.
Petré Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petré Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petré is found most in Sweden. It can be found in the variant forms: Petre, Pétré, Petrè, Pêtre or Pètre. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petré? popularity and diffusion
Petré is the 685,266th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name Petré occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Petré live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 17 people.
The last name Petré is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 38,464. In Sweden Petré is most common in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent reside, Östergötland County, where 21 percent reside and Skåne County, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Sweden this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 36 percent reside and Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Petré
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