Petkovic Surname

140,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Austria

Petkovic Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petkovic Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia5821:46,3845,809
United States4061:892,75667,416
Germany3601:223,62625,044
Austria3461:24,6113,868
Switzerland2611:31,4674,692
Canada2451:150,39015,330
Sweden2391:41,2003,285
France2321:286,30543,905
England781:714,33440,171
Argentina531:806,48053,420
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Norway431:119,58815,719
Chile271:652,46215,367
Serbia271:264,62814,268
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Italy191:3,218,773100,309
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Greece161:692,48777,522
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Belgium121:958,05473,966
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Wales71:442,07621,198
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Malta41:107,5681,849
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Bosnia and Herzegovina31:1,178,80115,876
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
China21:683,660,78330,601
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

The alternate forms: Petković (38,533) & Petkovič (147) are calculated separately.

Petkovic (54) may also be a first name.

Petkovic Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petkovic is found most in Australia. It can also occur in the variant forms: Petković or Petkovič. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petkovic? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petkovic is the 140,218th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,288,802 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Petkovic live; 39 percent live in Western Europe and 30 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 54 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Australia, where it is carried by 582 people, or 1 in 46,384. In Australia Petkovic is mostly found in: Victoria, where 52 percent live, New South Wales, where 25 percent live and Western Australia, where 10 percent live. Apart from Australia Petkovic exists in 55 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Germany, where 11 percent live.

Petkovic Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petkovic surname are 1.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.69% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Petkovic earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.93% less than the national average, earning 263,276 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.68% less than the national average, earning R 133,836 per year; in United States they earn 21.38% more than the national average, earning $52,376 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.01% more than the national average, earning $52,171 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

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