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 last name Petena (Russian: Петена) is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Petená or Petenà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,070,546th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname Petena occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Petena are found; 74 percent are found in South America and 74 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 864,112th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 117 people.
The surname is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 1,244,618. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 94 percent are found, Paraná, where 3 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil Petena exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 16 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
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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