Petira Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Petira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 95 | 1:111,931 | 18,340 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Petíra (7) are calculated separately.
Petira (42) may also be a first name.
Petira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petira is found most frequently in Czechia. It can also appear in the variant forms: Petíra. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,860,621st most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. Petira is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Petira are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 42 people.
The surname is most widespread in Czechia, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 111,931. In Czechia it is most prevalent in: Hradec Králové Region, where 80 percent reside, Zlín Region, where 6 percent reside and Karlovy Vary Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Czechia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Petira
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