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 last name Pettang is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pettang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,310,135th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. It is primarily found 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 numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 139,390. In Cameroon Pettang is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 54 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 18 percent reside and West Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Pettang is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 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 Pettang
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