View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Petaja Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Petaja has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear as a variant: Petäjä. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petaja? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,276,805^th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Petaja is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Petaja reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Petaja is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 2,323,455. In The United States Petaja is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 17 percent are found, Montana, where 16 percent are found and Kentucky, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent are found and Finland, where 4 percent are found.

Petaja Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Petaja surname are 18.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Petaja earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.37% less than the national average, earning $40,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.03% more than the national average, earning $52,180 CAD per year.