Petöfi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Petöfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petöfi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Petofi (43) & Petõfi (1) are calculated separately.

Petöfi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petöfi is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Petofi or Petõfi. Click here for other possible spellings of Petöfi.

How Common Is The Last Name Petöfi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petöfi reside; 57 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 57 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Petöfi is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,334,112. In Slovakia Petöfi is primarily concentrated in: Bratislava Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Slovakia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 29 percent live and Austria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petofi9443/
Petõfi941/
Petafi8377/
Petefi832/
Peteffi77125/
Peetafi772/
Pettafi771/
Pettefi771/
Pethafi771/
Petteffi719/
Pitafi676,806/
Patafi673,315/
Potafi673/
Petofy672/
Petefe671/
Patofi671/
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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 Petöfi
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