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
The surname Petau (Marathi: पेटंू) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petau? popularity and diffusion
Petau is the 495,028th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 72 percent of Petau reside; 72 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 71 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,744,716th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 35 people.
Petau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 476 people, or 1 in 17,130. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 61 percent are found, West New Britain, where 13 percent are found and Bougainville, where 10 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs 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 with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with 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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