Petem Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Petem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Turkey | 15 | 1:5,188,095 | 110,069 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Petem (46) may also be a first name.
Petem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petem (Marathi: पेटेम) is found most in Benin. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Petem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petem is the 2,414,640th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Petem is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Petem live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Petem is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 46 people.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin Petem is most common in: Donga Department, where 90 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 5 percent are found and Zou Department, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent are found and Turkey, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petem in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटेम | petema | 66.67 |
| पॅटेम | petema | 33.33 |
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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 Petem
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