Petky Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Petky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary181:545,34933,535
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Petky Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petky is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petky? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Petky live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Petky is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 545,349. In Hungary Petky is primarily found in: Pest County, where 56 percent reside and Budapest, where 44 percent reside. Besides Hungary this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 25 percent reside and Romania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petkey913/
Petkay912/
Petkiy911/
Peky8935/
Petke80856/
Petka80841/
Pekey80771/
Petki80324/
Pekay8077/
Pekhy8027/
Pecky8026/
Patky8012/
Pheky8010/
Pekyi805/
Pekoy804/
Pieky801/
Peyky801/
Pekky801/
Potky800/
Peeky800/
Petker731,028/
Pettke73866/
Pietka73751/
Petkes73750/
Pethke73498/
Potkay73205/
Petkeu73163/
Pedtke73112/
Pettka7382/
Pestke7355/
Peekay7349/
Petket7343/
Pattky7336/
Petkis7331/
Peckey7331/
Potkey7330/
Petkai7330/
Peskay7328/
Paetke7324/
Patkay7322/
Petcki7317/
Petkio7316/
Pekaya7315/
Petcka7312/
Pietke7312/
Patkey7310/
Poetke7310/
Peckay739/
Petkie738/
Phetka738/
Peskys736/
Petkeš736/
Pethki735/
Peekey735/
Petkeş734/
Pytkys733/
Pekkey732/
Peakey732/
Pekcay732/
Peetka731/
Peikey731/
Peitke731/
Pekhyo731/
Petkhe731/
Piekoy731/
Peakay731/
Pitkoy731/
Petkij731/
Petkit731/
Pekysh731/
Peakyt731/
Petcke730/
Peka676,410/
Peke671,894/
Petchey67780/
Peki67656/
Pekkaya67134/
Poethke67132/
Phetket6794/
Poedtke6786/
Phetkit6771/
Phetkai6763/
Pettker6751/
Pyky6733/
Piky6721/
Paethke6714/
Petkhai678/
Pekhych674/
Peekhay674/
Pethker673/
Petkher673/
Poettke672/
Phetkie672/
Petkuha672/
Pjky672/
Pechkiy671/
Pettkeš671/
Petkchi671/
Petkess671/
Piethke671/
Pitckay671/
Phetkee671/
Piedtke671/
Paetkij671/
Peakiey670/

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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 Petky
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