Petelnik Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Petelnik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petelnik 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
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Petelnik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petelnik (Russian: Петелник) is most common in Poland. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petelnik? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petelnik is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Petelnik occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Petelnik live; 75 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Poland, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 19,004,374. Aside from Poland Petelnik exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 25 percent live and Russia, where 25 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
Peselnik8822/
Petelnikova8416/
Peselnick8213/
Pistelnick788/
Pesselnick786/
Petelnykova7414/
Pitelnikova741/
Plenik7193/
Pystilnik711/
Pistilnik711/
Plennik6731/
Petlenkova6728/
Philnick632/
Pystylnyk591/
Plennyk5330/
Pellenec501/
Plenneke500/
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Petelnik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petelnik in the Russian language
Петелникpetelnik-

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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 Petelnik
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