Petanjek Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Petanjek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petanjek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3341:12,6602,418
England121:4,643,172139,951
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Petanjek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petanjek is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petanjek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petanjek is the 791,719th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petanjek live; 95 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Croatia, where it is borne by 334 people, or 1 in 12,660. In Croatia Petanjek is most frequent in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 40 percent live, Zagreb County, where 26 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 22 percent live. Not including Croatia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Slovenia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petenjek882/
Pattanyek7130/
Potoenjeck671/
Potaniec6374/
Petonjic6342/
Petancic6310/
Pataniik636/
Pataniec633/
Patanyik631/
Pathanajhik631/
Poteniec501/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Petanjek
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