Petkuna Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Petkuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 66 | 1:31,061 | 4,765 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petkuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petkuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petkuna is most common in Latvia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Petkuna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petkuna? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,220,661st most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Petkuna are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 31,061. In Latvia Petkuna is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 50 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 21 percent live and Latgale, where 21 percent live. Excluding Latvia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petkunas | 93 | 237 | / |
| Pietkuna | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pekuna | 92 | 20 | / |
| Phetkunha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Petkune | 86 | 87 | / |
| Pedkuna | 86 | 7 | / |
| Pehkuna | 86 | 7 | / |
| Petkona | 86 | 1 | / |
| Petkūnas | 80 | 176 | / |
| Petkünas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pecuna | 77 | 6 | / |
| Pekuno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pikuna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pedkounga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pikunas | 71 | 115 | / |
| Pietkuń | 71 | 23 | / |
| Pecunas | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pekūnas | 71 | 4 | / |
| Piskuna | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pikunna | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pykunas | 71 | 3 | / |
| Petkūnaitė | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pescuna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pikunga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pikunau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puikunas | 67 | 12 | / |
| Phikunna | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pikcunas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pescunha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaikuna | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Petkuna
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