Petion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Petion. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

Proper noun

Petion (plural Petions)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Petion is the 34223^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Petion is most common among Black/African American (91.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Petion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• pointe