Peterla Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Peterla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Austria21:4,257,71899,224

Peterla Last Name Facts

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

Peterla is found most in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterla? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Peterla live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 65 percent live, New York, where 22 percent live and Iowa, where 9 percent live. Excluding The United States Peterla is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 11 percent live and Austria, where 7 percent live.

Peterla Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Peterla last name are 45.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 92.31% being registered to vote for the party.

Peterla earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.63% more than the national average, earning $57,658 USD per year.

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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 Peterla
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