Peté Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Peté Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peté Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pete (15,641), Pété (1), Pête (32), Péte (4), Pètè (1) & Pêtê (1) are calculated separately.

Peté Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peté is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered as: Pete, Pété, Pête, Péte, Pètè or Pêtê. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peté? popularity and diffusion

The last name Peté is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Peté occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Peté reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Peté is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 25 percent live and Western Cape, where 25 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pete9215,641/
Pété921/
Pethé893/
Petté892/
Pête8332/
Péte834/
Pètè831/
Pêtê831/
Piethé801/
Peta7511,649/
Peti754,504/
Pety75783/
Pité75201/
Peter671,201,067/
Petit67119,429/
Petty6753,753/
Petti678,560/
Pethe677,748/
Petta677,262/
Peeta675,913/
Peete673,784/
Pesti673,249/
Peate671,666/
Pette671,510/
Petje671,247/
Pieta671,211/
Petey671,103/
Petes671,044/
Pheta67824/
Petyt67722/
Petiz67594/
Peste67579/
Pitet67574/
Phete67573/
Peaty67482/
Petis67446/
Petet67431/
Peteh67428/
Piety67411/
Peiti67349/
Petee67332/
Petha67331/
Peute67270/
Petyi67241/
Piete67224/
Petyo67219/
Petie67218/
Pešti67204/
Petea67201/
Pejta67183/
Petai67175/
Peita67155/
Petay67141/
Petio67122/
Petei67110/
Peite67108/
Petez6797/
Peteš6788/
Petaa6786/
Peteu6783/
Petej6778/
Petoi6765/
Peata6754/
Pedta6747/
Peity6745/
Petiy6743/
Petaj6742/
Petii6737/
Petep6733/
Pheti6732/
Pethy6729/
Pethi6728/
Petoa6728/
Peşte6726/
Peety6725/
Petih6718/
Petői6717/
Pettè6716/
Peyta6713/
Peyty6710/
Petuy6710/
Petoy679/
Pitté678/
Peted676/
Pește676/
Petip676/
Pehte675/
Pisté675/
Peyte675/
Pešty675/
Peuti674/
Phety672/
Petid672/
Petyy672/
Petuj672/
Peatj672/
Petít671/
Peteî671/
Peteő671/
Petiș671/
Pétér671/
Ppete671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Peté
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