Petau Surname
Approximately 667 people bear this surname
Petau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 476 | 1:17,130 | 1,712 |
| Germany | 155 | 1:519,390 | 43,831 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Petau (35) may also be a first name.
Petau Demographics
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Petau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petau (Marathi: पेटंू) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petau is the 495,028th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,925,856 people. Petau is predominantly found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Petau live; 72 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 17,130. In Papua New Guinea Petau is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 61 percent are found, West New Britain, where 13 percent are found and Bougainville, where 10 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Petau Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Petau are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Petau earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.88% less than the national average, earning $40,181 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petau in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटंू | petamu | - |
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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 Petau
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