Petker Surname
Approximately 1,028 people bear this surname
Petker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 421 | 1:191,224 | 22,171 |
| United States | 203 | 1:1,785,512 | 117,316 |
| Canada | 135 | 1:272,930 | 25,634 |
| Zimbabwe | 81 | 1:190,596 | 22,493 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Petker Demographics
Average Petker Salary in
United States
$49,169 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petker (Marathi: पेटकर, Russian: Петкер) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petker? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 353,999th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,089,052 people. The surname Petker occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Petker are found; 41 percent are found in Western Europe and 41 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 421 people, or 1 in 191,224. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 76 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found and Hesse, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 13 percent are found.
Petker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Petker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petker surname grew 2,538 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Petker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Petker last name are 3.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.82% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Petker earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 16.76% less than the national average, earning R 197,820 per year; in United States they earn 13.95% more than the national average, earning $49,169 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.83% less than the national average, earning $47,780 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petker in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटकर | petakara | 80 |
| पेटेकर | petekara | 20 |
| Petker in the Russian language | ||
| Петкер | petker | - |
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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 Petker
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