Petama Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Petama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Petama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petama (Bengali: পেতামা, Oriya: େପଟାମା) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Petama occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Petama are found; 47 percent are found in Southern Africa and 47 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Petama occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petama in the Bengali language | ||
| পেতামা | petama | - |
| Petama in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଟାମା | epatama | - |
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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 Petama
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