Pettesen Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Pettesen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Pettesen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pettesen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pettesen is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pettesen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Pettesen live; 89 percent live in South America and 84 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 13,379,646. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Santa Catarina, where 75 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 13 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 5 percent are found and Paraguay, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Pettesen
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