Pettues Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Pettues Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pettues Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Pettues Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pettues occurs most in Malaysia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pettues? popularity and diffusion

Pettues is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Pettues are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sabah, where 100 percent live. Besides Malaysia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live.

Pettues Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pettues has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pettues surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petues923/
Pettue922/
Petties86963/
Petteys86543/
Pettyes8626/
Petteus862/
Peatues861/
Petteis860/
Petue8316/
Phettoes801/
Petaus7712/
Peteis775/
Peteys774/
Peteus774/
Pitues772/
Petees771/
Petous771/
Petuis771/
Peteas771/
Peatue771/
Pittuis712/
Peteuse711/
Pettwey711/
Pettoys711/
Phetaus710/
Pitties710/
Petwe67136/
Pedue6716/
Petüs6714/
Pitue6712/
Pethouse671/
Phetthui671/

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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 Pettues
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