Petam Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Petam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Guyana | 13 | 1:58,632 | 4,970 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Petam (435) may also be a first name.
Petam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petam (Hindi: पीतम, Marathi: पेटम) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,658,108th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 45 percent of Petam live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 411,176th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 435 people.
The last name Petam is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 14,472,932. In India Petam is most numerous in: Telangana, where 62 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 15 percent are found. Barring India this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petam in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटम | petama | - |
| Petam in the Hindi language | ||
| पीतम | pitama | 70 |
| पेतम | petama | 20 |
| पितम | pitama | 10 |
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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 Petam
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