Pettiway Surname

711,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pettiway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pettiway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4101:884,04666,892
England11:55,718,059489,080
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Pettiway Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pettiway is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pettiway.

How Common Is The Last Name Pettiway? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pettiway is the 711,133rd most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Pettiway live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 884,046. In The United States Pettiway is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 20 percent are found, Alabama, where 19 percent are found and Michigan, where 13 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Vietnam, where 0 percent are found.

Pettiway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pettiway has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,708 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pettiway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pettiway are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.55% being registered with the political party.

Pettiway earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.76% less than the national average, earning $28,581 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pettieway9413/
Petiway933/
Petteway881,095/
Pettyway887/
Petieway882/
Pettiwad881/
Pattiway881/
Petiwa861/
Peteway806/
Petiwah801/
Pettewa801/
Pitteway7560/
Pettewau752/
Pettewai752/
Pitiwayo751/
Pittiwad751/
Patteway750/
Patiwa7197/
Petiwi7111/
Petiva715/
Pitiwa713/
Petuwa713/
Potiwa712/
Petewa711/
Petywa711/
Phatiwa67105/
Petieva6735/
Patiwua6733/
Pitiwai6722/
Potiwua6715/
Petewad675/
Photiwa674/
Peteuwa673/
Petiova672/
Pataiwa671/
Petiwet671/
Pothiwa671/
Pittuwa671/
Petiwei671/
Petibai671/
Patiwai671/
Pettive671/
Petuiwe671/
Patiwaj671/
Petevay670/
Pottiva670/

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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 Pettiway
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