Petir Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Petir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 84 | 1:1,574,395 | 104,585 |
| Croatia | 76 | 1:55,640 | 10,530 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
The alternate forms: Petíř (6) are calculated separately.
Petir (388) may also be a first name.
Petir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petir (Marathi: पॅटीर, Russian: Петир) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Petíř. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,210,518th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Petir live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Petir is also the 439,750th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 388 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 1,574,395. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Lampung, where 48 percent are found, Central Java, where 11 percent are found and West Java, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia Petir is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 39 percent are found and Malaysia, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petir in the Marathi language | ||
| पॅटीर | petira | - |
| Petir in the Russian language | ||
| Петир | petir | - |
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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 Petir
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