Petion
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Petion. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Proper noun edit
Petion (plural Petions)
- A surname from French.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Petion is the 34223rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Petion is most common among Black/African American (91.86%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Petion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.