Petah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Petah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Petah (166) may also be a first name.
Petah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petah (Arabic: بتاح) is found most in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Petah are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 710,504th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 166 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,734,954. In Malaysia Petah is most common in: Pahang, where 88 percent are found, Perak, where 6 percent are found and Selangor, where 6 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petah in the Arabic language | ||
| بتاح | btah | - |
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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 Petah
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