Pettyfor Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Pettyfor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pettyfor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Pettyfor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pettyfor is found most frequently in Australia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pettyfor.

How Common Is The Last Name Pettyfor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Pettyfor reside; 85 percent reside in Australasia and 85 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 2,454,155. In Australia Pettyfor is mostly found in: Victoria, where 73 percent live, New South Wales, where 18 percent live and Queensland, where 9 percent live. Not including Australia it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 15 percent live.

Pettyfor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pettyfor has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pettyfor last name decreased 78 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 Pettyfor
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