Peturus Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Peturus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peturus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia421:702,24333,141
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Peturus (182) may also be a first name.

Peturus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peturus is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Peturus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peturus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,293,424th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Peturus live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 675,152nd most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 182 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 702,243. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sabah, where 98 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent live. Not including Malaysia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peturu92323/
Pethuru8674/
Piturus8620/
Peturos8610/
Petturu866/
Paturus865/
Peeturu862/
Peturaud8052/
Pitturus801/
Peathuru801/
Pituru77201/
Petouraud753/
Pitourous752/
Peyturaux751/
Patouraus751/
Piturru7139/
Potirus7110/
Pitirus717/
Peturoo714/
Peytouraux713/
Peytouraud712/
Petoros711/
Patirus711/
Pythuru711/
Pitturru6711/
Potirush673/
Pettorru672/
Pethuroo671/
Pettorrru631/
Pitoru622/
Pitoros572/
Pittoru571/
Pittorru53423/

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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 Peturus
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