Petterman Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Petterman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petterman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru451:706,31416,453
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Petterman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petterman is held by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Petterman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petterman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,967,751st most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. Petterman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Petterman live; 64 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Andean South America.

It is most prevalent in Peru, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 706,314. In Peru Petterman is most frequent in: Loreto Region, where 71 percent are found, Lima Province, where 22 percent are found and Junín Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Peru this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Petterman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Petterman has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petterman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petterman surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Petterman earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 50.64% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,569 per year and in United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

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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 Petterman
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