Petja Surname
Approximately 1,471 people bear this surname
Petja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,407 | 1:38,506 | 4,942 |
| Albania | 27 | 1:107,928 | 10,061 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petja (842) may also be a first name.
Petja Demographics
Average Petja Salary in
South Africa
R 137,064
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Petja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petja is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Petja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 265,828th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,954,144 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Petja are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Petja is also the 281,229th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 842 people.
The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,407 people, or 1 in 38,506. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 57 percent live, Gauteng, where 30 percent live and North West, where 6 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 2 percent live and Estonia, where 1 percent live.
Petja Last Name Statistics demography
Petja earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.32% less than the national average, earning R 137,064 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 Petja
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