Petkelis Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Petkelis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petkelis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece511:217,25133,995
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Lithuania71:433,51318,290
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Petkelis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Petkelis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Petkelis (Russian: Петкелис) occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petkelis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,106,139th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Petkelis reside; 64 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 64 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 217,251. In Greece Petkelis is most frequent in: Central Macedonia, where 100 percent live. Other than Greece Petkelis exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Lithuania, where 9 percent live.

Petkelis Last Name Statistics demography

Petkelis earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 90.44% less than the national average, earning $4,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pekelis93126/
Petkeli934/
Peckelis8813/
Peskelis881/
Pekeli8672/
Pikelis80267/
Pekilis8018/
Pekelys8017/
Pecelis8017/
Pekeles8015/
Pekelei8012/
Petkele801/
Pekkeeli751/
Pekhelei751/
Pekele712,175/
Pikeli711,055/
Pekela7170/
Peceli7168/
Pekili712/
Peikeilei711/
Pekeler67147/
Pekeleu6727/
Pekkili6711/
Pekylys677/
Pikeeli677/
Pikkeli677/
Pekyles674/
Picelis674/
Piekele673/
Phekela672/
Pekeley671/
Phekele671/
Peketle671/
Pickeli671/
Pfekele671/
Pekhele671/
Peekili671/
Peckela671/
Pekkela671/
Pehtchelai671/
Pekehle671/

Petkelis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petkelis in the Russian language
Петкелисpetkelis-

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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 Petkelis
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