Petö Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Petö Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 186 | 1:52,776 | 5,593 |
| Austria | 37 | 1:230,147 | 27,778 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Slovakia | 31 | 1:172,144 | 29,813 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Petõ (1) are calculated separately.
Petö Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petö Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petö occurs more in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Petõ. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petö? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petö is the 837,371st most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Petö reside; 69 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 57 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 52,776. In Hungary it is mostly concentrated in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 26 percent are found, Hajdú-Bihar County, where 16 percent are found and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Hungary Petö exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 11 percent are found and Sweden, where 10 percent are found.
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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
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