Pettengill Surname

172,880th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Pettengill Surname Definition:

Corrupt forms of Portingale, q.v.

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Pettengill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3051:157,24916,068
Paraguay801:90,4592,176
Brazil581:3,690,937102,732
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5731:87,6429,087

Pettengill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Corrupt forms of Portingale, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Portugal (the harbor).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Portingal; an old name for a Portuguese (Lower).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

A Dutch word for one who comes from Portugal.

- jmpetty10

Pettengill Last Name Facts

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

Pettengill (Russian: Петтенгилл) is most common in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pettengill? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 172,880th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,930,256 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Pettengill reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,305 people, or 1 in 157,249. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 11 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 10 percent reside and Maine, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Paraguay, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Pettengill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pettengill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pettengill surname expanded 402 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pettengill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pettengill last name are 1.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.64% being registered to vote for the political party.

Pettengill earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.15% more than the national average, earning $44,508 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pettengill Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pettengill in the Russian language
Петтенгиллpettengill-

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