Petsiou Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Petsiou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petsiou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1541:71,94712,089
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Petsiou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Petsiou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Petsiou is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Petsiou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petsiou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,391,595th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Petsiou reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

It is most commonly used in Greece, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 71,947. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Epirus, where 44 percent are found, Attica, where 40 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Greece this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Patsiou86307/
Pitsiou86199/
Potsiou8635/
Photsiou801/
Paisiou71168/
Picoiu6260/
Pisoiu6246/
Pisiau627/
Piţoiu622/
Pecaou621/
Pecoiu621/
Picioiu5783/
Puicoiu5739/
Pechohu571/
Pisia'u571/
Pezzuou571/
Phechoyu534/
Pissahou531/
Pisău50152/
Paitchaou501/

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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
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  • 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 Petsiou
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