Popularity of the last name by country

Peru

• Lima (79)
• La Libertad (5)
• Callao (3)
• San Martín (3)
• Cuzco (2)
• Junín (2)
• Piura (2)
• Ancash (1)

All countries

• France (4,557,963)
• Belgium (134,589)
• Canada (48,785)
• Netherlands (14,646)
• Spain (12,694)
• United Kingdom (10,756)
• United States (9,232)
• Algeria (7,767)
• Switzerland (7,175)
• Guadeloupe (4,018)
• Germany (3,459)
• Martinique (2,401)
• Italy (2,213)
• Ireland (1,663)
• Unknown country (1,621)
• Luxembourg (1,487)
• Morocco (702)
• Réunion (688)
• Haiti (547)
• New Zealand (469)
• Tunisia (457)
• New Caledonia (449)
• Viet Nam (398)
• Austria (344)
• Mauritius (317)
• Denmark (302)
• Turkey (278)
• Australia (250)
• Russian Federation (249)
• Monaco (200)
• Seychelles (200)
• Madagascar (190)
• Poland (184)
• Mexico (183)
• Argentina (179)
• French Guiana (159)
• Peru (143)
• Uruguay (140)
• Chile (122)
• India (119)

Origine of last name

PETIT : French Walloon Catalan English Jewish (from southern France) West Indian (mainly Haiti) and Mauritian: from (Old) French Catalan and Middle English petit ‘small’ hence a nickname for a small man (or an ironic nickname for a big man) or a distinguishing name for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Little">Little</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Petee">Petee</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Petite">Petite</a>.