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) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe Petama is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
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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