Pettyfoot Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pettyfoot Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pettyfoot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Pettyfoot Last Name Facts

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

Pettyfoot is most common in England. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pettyfoot? popularity and diffusion

Pettyfoot is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Pettyfoot is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Pettyfoot are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is primarily found in: Wiltshire, where 100 percent are found. Excluding England it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Pettyfoot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pettyfoot has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pettyfoot last name decreased 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pettifoot898/
Pettefoot890/
Petifoot820/
Petitfat712/
Pettifop711/
Pettefutt670/
Petitfa634/
Petitphat564/
Petitfaux563/
Phityophat534/
Petifa532/
Petifud5010/
Potefod501/
Petifat501/

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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 Pettyfoot
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