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Where Does The Last Name Petela Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Petela (Bengali: পেতেলা, Oriya: େପେଟଲା) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petela? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Petela is the 277,333^rd most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,216,568 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Petela live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397^th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 96 people.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 760 people, or 1 in 71,286. In South Africa Petela is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 79 percent are found, Gauteng, where 11 percent are found and Western Cape, where 7 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Petela Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Petela last name are 14.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Petela earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 25.56% less than the national average, earning R 176,904 per year and in United States they earn 20.29% more than the national average, earning $51,906 USD per year.