Petty Surname
Approximately 53,753 people bear this surname
Petty Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the petty,' i.e. small in stature; v. Petit. The people bearing this name in the United States have selected Pettee as a preferable form; compare Little, Littlejohn, Small, or Smallman.
Willelmus Pete, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnamePetty Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 45,908 | 1:7,895 | 935 |
| England | 3,530 | 1:15,784 | 2,309 |
| Australia | 1,626 | 1:16,603 | 2,333 |
| Canada | 741 | 1:49,724 | 6,037 |
| New Zealand | 220 | 1:20,583 | 3,608 |
| Wales | 200 | 1:15,473 | 1,680 |
| Bahamas | 168 | 1:2,332 | 329 |
| South Africa | 147 | 1:368,556 | 33,364 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Brazil | 105 | 1:2,038,803 | 64,511 |
| Scotland | 84 | 1:63,736 | 5,100 |
| Guyana | 70 | 1:10,889 | 1,593 |
| Bermuda | 56 | 1:1,166 | 187 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 54 | 1:2,044 | 347 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Anguilla | 41 | 1:328 | 35 |
| Switzerland | 39 | 1:210,588 | 18,223 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Venezuela | 27 | 1:1,118,670 | 16,331 |
| Nicaragua | 24 | 1:250,879 | 2,763 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Peru | 20 | 1:1,589,206 | 22,980 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13 | 1:4,246 | 501 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 64 | 1:69,217 | 5,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,660 | 1:9,164 | 1,370 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:39,210 | 2,093 |
| Scotland | 33 | 1:113,431 | 5,331 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,553 | 1:6,649 | 831 |
Petty (6,431) may also be a first name.
Petty Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the petty,' i.e. small in stature; v. Petit. The people bearing this name in the United States have selected Pettee as a preferable form; compare Little, Littlejohn, Small, or Smallman.
Willelmus Pete, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robertus Petyson, 1379: ibid.
Richard Peteson, 1379: ibid.
Robertus Pety, 1379: ibid.
1602. Married — Thomas Pettie and Joane Hanson: St. James, Clerkenwell.
Most probably from ME. petit (AF. petit, 'the little'). A local derivation from Petty in the shire of Inverness appears to be the source of the name in at least one instance. Johan Petyt of the Miernes, Lanarkshire, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 213). William Petyt was a charter witness in Ayr, c. 1340 (Friars Ayr, p. 10), and Master Duncan Petit or Petyt, archdeacon of Glasgow in 1395 (RMP., p. 92; Egidii, p. 32), appears in the same year and in 1400 as chancellor of Moray (REA., I, p. 201,205). Duncan Petite or Petyt was prebend of the church of Arne in 1415 (Ayr, p. 9), Richard Petit was vicar of Stewynstoun in 1427 (ibid., p. 82), Robyn Petyt was witness in Ayr in 1471 (Friars Ayr, p. 54), and Patrick Pettyt was chaplain in the same town in 1476 (ibid., p. 55). John Pettit is recorded in Edinburgh in 1473 (CDE., p. 48). James Petie, indweller in St. Andrews, 1697 (Edin. App.).
(2) Fergus de Pety in the parish of Fyvy was excommunicated in 1382 (REA. I, p. 213).
A weak form of Petit, q.v.
Basically the same as Petit or Pettitt, which is a much more numerous name. The Petits were early settlers in Meath. The principal Petty family was established in Co. Kerry in the seventeenth century. Bibl; MIF 281*
(Scottish, English) One small in stature; one who came from Petty (piece), in Scotland.
Fr .petit. Little, diminutive.
A location name in Inverness. from the French, Peté; a personal name.
Petty Demographics
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Petty Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petty Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petty has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Petty click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petty? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,464th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 135,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Petty live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. Petty is also the 81,946th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 6,431 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 45,908 people, or 1 in 7,895. In The United States Petty is mostly concentrated in: California, where 7 percent reside, North Carolina, where 4 percent reside and Georgia, where 4 percent reside. Not including The United States Petty is found in 98 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Petty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Petty has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 608 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 255 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 31 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Petty Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (70%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Petty surname are 13.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.87% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Petty earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.54% less than the national average, earning 226,551 kr per year; in Peru they earn 61.57% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,320 per year; in South Africa they earn 11.07% more than the national average, earning R 263,952 per year; in Colombia they earn 12.66% more than the national average, earning $25,576,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.61% less than the national average, earning $41,158 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.68% more than the national average, earning $51,014 CAD per year.
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