Petaka Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Petaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Petaka (18) may also be a first name.
Petaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petaka (Marathi: पेटका, Oriya: େପଟକା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,333,370th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Petaka reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 18 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 98 percent live and Ogun, where 3 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 10 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.
Petaka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Petaka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Petaka last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petaka in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटका | petaka | - |
| Petaka in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଟକା | epataka | 71.43 |
| େପତକା | epataka | 28.57 |
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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 Petaka
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