Paterna is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Paterna
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Paterna

How popular is Paterna?

Paterna is common in Italy.

Paterna is ranked 134471 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Paterna bearers increased by 5.309734 per cent in 2010 US census to 119 since 2000, the surname slipped by 3374 spots and ranked at 140157. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.48 97.35
Paterna is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Spain which may be its originating country too. Around 2897 people have been found who wears Paterna as their family name. Paterna is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
119,730 Brazil3
95,312 Argentina2
31,767 Greece2
65,594 Belgium2
897,276 Russia1
31,584 Peru1
58,885 Poland1
56,169 Mexico1
34,581 Chile1
7,110 Bosnia1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
31,065 Czech Republic45
9,524 Portugal37
36,547 Switzerland27
126,462 England22
171,702 Canada12
Countries with hundreds of Paterna:
38,477 Germany269
119,295 United States181
57,437 France171
Countries with thousands of Paterna:
4,183 Spain1,064
10,292 Italy1,053
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Alfonzo Paterna hailed from Buccina, Italy. 7 years old embarked for New York from Naples on Chandernagor and arrived on December 13, 1887. Angela Paterna (11) Laborer, Antonio Paterna, aged 23, 14 years old Concetta Paterna, Emilia Paterna (24) Laborer, Laborer Francesco Paterna, 26 years old Franco. Paterna, Laborer Gerardo Paterna, Giuseppe Paterna (4), and 9 other Paterna around 56.25% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and peasant migrated to US from Marseilles, Bordeaux and Naples.

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Ellan Cephus
paterna is a dialectal form of paternal, former Christian name and patronymic rare, represents the Latin name Paternus, paternal Latin nickname name popularized by the bishop avranches honors in western France.

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