Petchay Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Petchay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 97 | 1:1,043,693 | 87,866 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Petchay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petchay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petchay is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Petchay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petchay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petchay is the 1,806,862nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname Petchay occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Petchay live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
Petchay is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 1,043,693. In The Philippines Petchay is mostly concentrated in: Ilocos, where 55 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 21 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 10 percent are found. Other than The Philippines this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 5 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Petchay
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