Petum Surname

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

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

Petum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Petum (73) may also be a first name.

Petum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petum (Tibetan: དཔེ་ཀྲུམོ།) occurs in Guyana more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Petum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petum? popularity and diffusion

Petum is the 5,391,485th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Petum occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Petum live; 54 percent live in South America and 46 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America. Petum is also the 1,134,117th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 73 people.

The last name is most common in Guyana, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 127,037. In Guyana Petum is primarily concentrated in: Mahaica-Berbice, where 100 percent live. Apart from Guyana it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peitum91226/
Pettum9154/
Pestum9128/
Petoum9114/
Peytum919/
Pethum914/
Peetum913/
Petaum912/
Petgum911/
Phetum911/
Peethum8344/
Pieteum831/
Pettoum831/
Petgoum831/
Phetoum831/
Paethum831/
Patum80407/
Petun80100/
Pitum8084/
Potum8047/
Petom8023/
Petumova771/
Pathum732,612/
Pestun73528/
Pattum73393/
Pituim73171/
Petunc7399/
Pitaum7352/
Padtum7340/
Pistum7327/
Phatum7327/
Pethom7310/
Pettun737/
Peetom737/
Pettom736/
Petaun735/
Pietun735/
Phetun735/
Pottum734/
Pothum733/
Photum731/
Phetom731/
Petune731/
Pethun731/
Petoun731/
Pietom731/
Pithum731/
Potoum731/
Paytum731/
Patthum671,885/
Peetoom67848/
Petutin6733/
Phettun6731/
Petutyn6719/
Phathum6718/
Padthum6711/
Pethung678/
Phettom676/
Phattum675/
Pethoun674/
Petusin674/
Phothum674/
Phethom673/
Pethaun673/
Pettoun672/
Petoune672/
Pedtoom671/
Phetaun671/
Peethom671/
Petaung671/
Pistume671/
Pitthum671/
Pothoum671/
Ppathum671/
Pettung670/
Peatung670/
Pethune670/

Petum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petum in the Tibetan language
དཔེ་ཀྲུམོ།pétrumo-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Petum
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