Petena Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Petena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 172 | 1:1,244,618 | 42,789 |
| Italy | 38 | 1:1,609,387 | 83,030 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Petená (14) & Petenà (4) are calculated separately.
Petena (117) may also be a first name.
Petena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petena (Russian: Петена) is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Petená or Petenà. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,070,546th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Petena live; 74 percent live in South America and 74 percent live in Luso-South America. Petena is also the 864,112th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 117 people.
This last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 1,244,618. In Brazil Petena is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 94 percent live, Paraná, where 3 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 1 percent live. Besides Brazil Petena exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 16 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petena in the Russian language | ||
| Петена | petena | - |
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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 Petena
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