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 can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petja is the 265,828th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,954,144 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Petja reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 281,229th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 842 people.
Petja is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,407 people, or 1 in 38,506. In South Africa Petja is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and North West, where 6 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 2 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.
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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