Petelinšek Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Petelinšek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petelinšek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2321:10,7232,534
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Petelinsek (36) are calculated separately.

Petelinšek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Petelinšek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Petelinšek is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Petelinsek. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petelinšek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,038,570th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Petelinšek is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Petelinšek live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Petelinšek is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 10,723. In Slovenia Petelinšek is most numerous in: Savinja, where 53 percent live, Drava, where 35 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 10 percent live. Apart from Slovenia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 4 percent live and Serbia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petelinsek9736/
Petelinschek821/
Petelinski8019/
Petelinsky801/
Podlinšek7460/
Petlinsky7440/
Petlinski7428/
Petlinska741/
Petelinskaya731/
Petilinsky705/
Petlinskiy703/
Petelansky701/
Petlinskaya6743/
Betlinsk671/
Pitelinskiy671/
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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 Petelinšek
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