Petak Surname
Approximately 1,798 people bear this surname
Petak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 663 | 1:6,378 | 928 |
| United States | 614 | 1:590,324 | 48,194 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 89 | 1:39,735 | 5,539 |
| Slovenia | 75 | 1:33,169 | 6,528 |
| Ukraine | 69 | 1:659,749 | 70,382 |
| Germany | 65 | 1:1,238,546 | 79,660 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Austria | 32 | 1:266,107 | 30,958 |
| Serbia | 19 | 1:376,050 | 17,192 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Peták (724), Peťak (8) & Peťák (17) are calculated separately.
Petak (83) may also be a first name.
Petak Demographics
Average Petak Salary in
United States
$42,302 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petak (Bengali: পেতক, Hindi: पेटका, Oriya: େପଟକ, Russian: Петак) has its highest incidence in Croatia. It can be found as a variant: Peták, Peťak or Peťák. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petak is the 225,936th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,053,140 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Petak live; 47 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 47 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Petak is also the 1,052,971st most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 83 people.
The last name is most widespread in Croatia, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 6,378. In Croatia it is primarily concentrated in: Varaždin County, where 24 percent are found, Zagreb County, where 18 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Croatia this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 5 percent are found.
Petak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Petak surname are 10.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.63% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Petak earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.96% less than the national average, earning $42,302 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.01% less than the national average, earning $40,236 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petak in the Bengali language | ||
| পেতক | petaka | - |
| Petak in the Hindi language | ||
| पेटका | petaka | - |
| Petak in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଟକ | epataka | - |
| Petak in the Russian language | ||
| Петак | petak | - |
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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 Petak
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