Petani Surname

205,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Albania

Petani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5491:31,1824,677
Albania5131:5,6801,076
South Africa3061:177,05119,513
Croatia2131:19,8534,091
India1641:4,677,228120,006
Zimbabwe771:200,49723,224
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Greece371:299,45443,754
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
Italy291:2,108,85190,314
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Petani (162) may also be a first name.

Petani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Petani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Petani (Hindi: पेतनी, Marathi: पेटानी, Oriya: େପତନୀ, Russian: Пэтани) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petani? popularity and diffusion

Petani is the 205,903rd most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,618,444 people. The last name Petani is predominantly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Petani are found; 46 percent are found in Southern Africa and 46 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 720,105th most common given name world-wide, borne by 162 people.

The surname Petani is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 15 percent live.

Petani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petani are 7.64% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.87% being registered with the political party.

The amount Petani earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.75% less than the national average, earning R 74,268 per year and in United States they earn 4.95% less than the national average, earning $41,014 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Petani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petani in the Hindi language
पेतनीpetani-
Petani in the Marathi language
पेटानीpetani60.87
पेटनीpetani17.39
पावनीpavani13.04
पेतानीpetani8.7
Petani in the Oriya language
େପତନୀepatani50
େପତନିepatani41.67
େପଟାଣିepatani8.33
Petani in the Russian language
Пэтаниpetani-

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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 Petani
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