Pterit Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Pterit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 174 | 1:265,402 | 17,619 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
Pterit (98) may also be a first name.
Pterit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pterit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pterit has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pterit? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,248,410th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pterit are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 98 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 265,402. In Kenya Pterit is primarily found in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pteri | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pteris | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pteroi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ptteri | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pteehri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pėteris | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ptteris | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bteri | 73 | 33 | / |
| Ptere | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ptera | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ptiri | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pėterytė | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pterer | 67 | 313 | / |
| Bhteri | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pterry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Btheri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pthera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pterre | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pteire | 67 | 0 | / |
| Btharit | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ptira | 55 | 13 | / |
| Ptire | 55 | 1 | / |
| Btgiri | 50 | 1 | / |
| Bhtera | 50 | 1 | / |
| Btyori | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pterit
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis