Petteson Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Petteson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petteson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Petteson (17) may also be a first name.

Petteson Last Name Facts

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

Petteson occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petteson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Petteson live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. Petteson is also the 2,694,839th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 17 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Petteson is most common in: Kansas, where 50 percent are found and New York, where 50 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.

Petteson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Petteson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Petteson
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