Peturs Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Peturs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Péturs (3) are calculated separately.
Peturs (19) may also be a first name.
Peturs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peturs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peturs is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as: Péturs. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peturs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Peturs live; 38 percent live in Oceania Islands and 38 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Peturs is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held given name on earth, held by 19 people.
The surname Peturs is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Peturs is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 33 percent live, Enga, where 33 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 33 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Peturs is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 13 percent live and Iceland, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Péturs | 94 | 3 | / |
| Pethurst | 86 | 50 | / |
| Pieteurs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Petirs | 83 | 16 | / |
| Petors | 83 | 7 | / |
| Paturs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Petoors | 77 | 298 | / |
| Petiers | 77 | 9 | / |
| Peators | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pettirs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pitteurs | 71 | 41 | / |
| Petirsch | 71 | 23 | / |
| Petoorse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pettorss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pettiers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pettirsch | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pitors | 67 | 1 | / |
| Patirs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paytors | 62 | 6 | / |
| Pitoors | 62 | 3 | / |
| Pittoors | 57 | 430 | / |
| Poitiers | 57 | 293 | / |
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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 Peturs
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