Pettang Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Pettang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 149 | 1:139,390 | 15,562 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
Pettang (11) may also be a first name.
Pettang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pettang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pettang is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pettang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pettang is the 1,310,135th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Pettang reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Pettang is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
Pettang is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 139,390. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live, Littoral Region, where 18 percent live and West Region, where 17 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent live.
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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 Pettang
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