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 last name Petja is found most in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 265,828th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,954,144 people. This 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. It is also the 281,229th most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 842 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,407 people, or 1 in 38,506. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 30 percent are found and North West, where 6 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 2 percent are found and Estonia, where 1 percent are found.
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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