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 found most in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pettang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pettang is the 1,310,135th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. It is mostly 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 frequent first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Pettang is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 139,390. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live, Littoral Region, where 18 percent live and West Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found 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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