Petai Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Petai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Namibia | 39 | 1:61,780 | 6,931 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petai (189) may also be a first name.
Petai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petai (Hindi: पेटई, Marathi: पेटै) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petai is the 1,295,379th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 35 percent of Petai live; 35 percent live in Oceania Islands and 27 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Petai is also the 661,310th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 189 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 198,871. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 78 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 15 percent are found and Enga, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Petai is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 22 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petai in the Hindi language | ||
| पेटई | peta'i | - |
| Petai in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटै | petai | 66.67 |
| पेटई | peta'i | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Petai
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