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 last name Petira occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Petíra. For other potential spellings of Petira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petira is the 1,860,621st most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname 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. Petira is also the 1,566,439th most common first name world-wide, borne by 42 people.
The surname is most frequent in Czechia, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 111,931. In Czechia Petira is mostly concentrated in: Hradec Králové Region, where 80 percent live, Zlín Region, where 6 percent live and Karlovy Vary Region, where 4 percent live. Excluding Czechia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
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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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