Petaia Surname
Approximately 742 people bear this surname
Petaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa | 568 | 1:341 | 76 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| American Samoa | 47 | 1:1,186 | 177 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Tuvalu | 9 | 1:1,243 | 12 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Petaia (39) may also be a first name.
Petaia Demographics
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Petaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petaia has its highest incidence in Samoa. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petaia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 456,246th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,821,490 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Petaia are found; 85 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 84 percent are found in Polynesia. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 39 people.
This surname is most common in Samoa, where it is borne by 568 people, or 1 in 341. Without taking into account Samoa this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and American Samoa, where 6 percent are found.
Petaia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Petaia surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Petaia earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.99% less than the national average, earning $29,347 USD per year.
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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 Petaia
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