Petava Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Petava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 139 | 1:5,518,456 | 133,501 |
| Georgia | 15 | 1:249,703 | 13,078 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Petava (94) may also be a first name.
Petava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petava (Georgian: პეტავა, Russian: Петава) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Petava.
How Common Is The Last Name Petava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,359,010th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Petava occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Petava live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 980,251st most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 94 people.
Petava is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 5,518,456. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 99 percent are found and Bihar, where 1 percent are found. Not including India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Georgia, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petava in the Georgian language | ||
| პეტავა | petava | - |
| Petava in the Russian language | ||
| Петава | petava | - |
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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 Petava
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