Piternieks Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Piternieks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Piternieks 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
Latvia281:73,21610,778
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Piternieks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piternieks (Russian: Питерниекс) occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Piternieks click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piternieks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Piternieks is the 3,323,005th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Piternieks is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Piternieks are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

Piternieks is most common in Latvia, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 73,216. In Latvia Piternieks is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 96 percent are found and Semigallia, where 4 percent are found. Barring Latvia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.

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
Piterniks951/
Peternieks902/
Putrenieks801/
Piternikova7613/
Peternics743/
Peternikova6736/
Pitrangs671/
Poitrenaux5012/

Piternieks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Piternieks in the Russian language
Питерниексpiternieks-

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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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  • 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 Piternieks
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