Petelyak Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Petelyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petelyak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus211:452,43144,053
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Petelyak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petelyak (Russian: Петеляк) has its highest incidence in Belarus. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petelyak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petelyak is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Petelyak are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most numerous in Belarus, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 452,431. In Belarus Petelyak is mostly concentrated in: Vitebsk Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Belarus this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 8 percent are found and Transnistria, where 4 percent are found.

Petelyak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Petelyak surname is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petelak9344/
Pitelyak8837/
Petilyak881/
Patelak8026,599/
Petelák805/
Pitelak803/
Pytelak801/
Patelakh7563/
Pistelak7515/
Patalyak759/
Patelaak754/
Pathelak753/
Pitilyak753/
Potalyak752/
Pateliak752/
Pištelak751/
Pitylyak751/
Patolyak751/
Patalak6716,908/
Patilak67510/
Patelag67454/
Pitylak6736/
Pitilak6713/
Potilak677/
Pitalak673/
Pytilak673/
Peteláková673/
Patylak671/
Potalak671/
Potelac671/
Potolak671/
Patolak671/
Pytylak671/
Pytalak671/

Petelyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petelyak in the Russian language
Петелякpetelak-

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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 Petelyak
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