Petterin Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Petterin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petterin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy591:1,036,55470,719
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
England11:55,718,059489,080

Petterin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petterin is most common in Italy. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petterin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,136,387th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Petterin occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Petterin are found; 76 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 76 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Italy, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 1,036,554. In Italy it is most frequent in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 68 percent live, Liguria, where 29 percent live and Lombardy, where 3 percent live. Outside of Italy it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 15 percent live and Argentina, where 8 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
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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 Petterin
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