Pettifar Surname

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

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pettifar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pettifar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England701:795,97243,050
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382

Pettifar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pettifar is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pettifar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Pettifar occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Pettifar live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Pettifar is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 795,972. In England Pettifar is primarily concentrated in: Bedfordshire, where 41 percent live, Norfolk, where 17 percent live and Greater London, where 10 percent live. Outside of England this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Pettifar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pettifar has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Pettifar surname grew 135 percent between 1881 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
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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 Pettifar
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