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
The surname Petam (Hindi: पीतम, Marathi: पेटम) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 45 percent of Petam live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Petam is also the 411,176th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 435 people.
Petam is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 14,472,932. In India it is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 62 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 23 percent live and Maharashtra, where 15 percent live. Aside from India Petam occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 14 percent live.
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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