Petzold Surname

26,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Petzold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petzold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany17,0991:4,708561
United States1,8861:192,18419,015
Brazil7241:295,68311,382
Canada1581:233,20022,307
Austria771:110,59015,709
Argentina761:562,41340,543
Switzerland621:132,46613,073
Belize571:6,2361,017
England531:1,051,28451,324
France481:1,383,807136,859
Poland391:974,58370,126
Chile361:489,34612,617
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Norway191:270,64728,127
Czechia171:625,49860,070
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Hungary161:613,51735,830
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

Petzold Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petzold occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petzold? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 26,156th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 354,349 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Petzold reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 17,099 people, or 1 in 4,708. In Germany Petzold is most frequent in: Saxony, where 41 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent are found and Thuringia, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 51 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Petzold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Petzold has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petzold surname rose 1,129 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 589 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Petzold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petzold are 5.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.48% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Petzold earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 52.58% more than the national average, earning 528,049 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 9.25% less than the national average, earning R 215,652 per year; in United States they earn 7.84% more than the national average, earning $46,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.25% more than the national average, earning $56,268 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

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