Petje Surname
Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname
Petje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 783 | 1:69,192 | 8,628 |
| Lesotho | 272 | 1:7,473 | 1,625 |
| Slovenia | 106 | 1:23,469 | 5,093 |
| Austria | 49 | 1:173,784 | 22,520 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Petje (41) may also be a first name.
Petje Demographics
Average Petje Salary in
South Africa
R 297,180
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Petje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petje occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petje? popularity and diffusion
Petje is the 303,968th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,844,062 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Petje reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 41 people.
It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 783 people, or 1 in 69,192. In South Africa Petje is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 51 percent live, Gauteng, where 37 percent live and Free State, where 6 percent live. Aside from South Africa Petje exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 22 percent live and Slovenia, where 9 percent live.
Petje Last Name Statistics demography
Petje earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.06% more than the national average, earning R 297,180 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 Petje
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