Pettican Surname

582,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Pettican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pettican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4201:132,66213,094
Wales381:81,4356,830
Zimbabwe251:617,53046,943
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1201:203,12816,084
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719

Pettican Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pettican occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pettican? popularity and diffusion

Pettican is the 582,011th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 13,520,493 people. The surname Pettican is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Pettican are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 132,662. In England Pettican is primarily found in: Essex, where 31 percent are found, Greater London, where 22 percent are found and Suffolk, where 5 percent are found. Barring England Pettican is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 7 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.

Pettican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pettican has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pettican Last Name Statistics demography

Pettican earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.81% more than the national average, earning $48,675 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 Pettican
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