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

The last name Petaka (Marathi: पेटका, Oriya: େପଟକା) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 2,333,370^th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name is primarily found 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 2,608,198^th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 98 percent are found and Ogun, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 10 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.

Petaka Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Petaka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Petaka surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.