Petrén Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Petrén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 266 | 1:37,018 | 2,973 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Petren (200) & Petreń (1) are calculated separately.
Petrén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petrén is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Petren or Petreń. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrén? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 968,490th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petrén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Petrén is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 37,018. In Sweden Petrén is most common in: Stockholm County, where 45 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 23 percent are found and Skåne County, where 11 percent are found. Barring Sweden it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Petrén
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