Petelei Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Petelei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Petelei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petelei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petelei is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petelei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petelei is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petelei live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 57 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,019,468. In Romania Petelei is most frequent in: Mureș County, where 100 percent live. Barring Romania Petelei is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 29 percent live and Italy, where 14 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Petelei
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