Petke Surname
Approximately 856 people bear this surname
Petke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 264 | 1:304,945 | 31,102 |
| United States | 261 | 1:1,388,732 | 96,054 |
| Poland | 187 | 1:203,255 | 27,063 |
| Canada | 56 | 1:657,957 | 53,499 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Petke Demographics
Average Petke Salary in
United States
$49,976 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petke (Russian: Петке) is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 408,463rd most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,513,488 people. The surname Petke occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Petke reside; 37 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Petke is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 304,945. In Germany Petke is primarily concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 33 percent reside, Bavaria, where 19 percent reside and Berlin, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Germany Petke exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Poland, where 22 percent reside.
Petke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Petke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petke surname grew 26,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Petke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Petke surname are 12.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.32% registered with the political party.
The amount Petke earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.82% more than the national average, earning $49,976 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.3% more than the national average, earning $49,830 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petke in the Russian language | ||
| Петке | petke | - |
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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
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- 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 Petke
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