Petarka Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Petarka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petarka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Petarka Last Name Facts

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

Petarka is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Petarka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petarka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,742,229th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Petarka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Petarka are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Petarka is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Slovenia, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peterka864,893/
Pitarka86198/
Petarca8624/
Patarka863/
Peterkau8010/
Petterka806/
Peterkaa801/
Paterka71583/
Piterka71330/
Patarca71251/
Petarco71225/
Peterko71196/
Pitarca7157/
Poterka7142/
Potarca7110/
Píterka713/
Pitarke711/
Péterka711/
Peterkó711/
Potarko711/
Petarque6749/
Pitterka6736/
Paaterka671/
Paterkhah631/
Peterca57324/
Paterko57165/
Pitarco577/
Petorca574/
Poterko573/
Petercă572/
Pitarcă571/
Pitarque53532/
Pitarqui53123/
Petorchi532/
Pitarquis5020/
Pitaarque501/

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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 Petarka
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