Petlak Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Petlak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| Poland | 82 | 1:463,521 | 46,884 |
| Ukraine | 51 | 1:892,602 | 86,458 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Petlák (132) are calculated separately.
Petlak Demographics
Average Petlak Salary in
United States
$38,030 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petlak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petlak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petlak (Russian: Петлак) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Petlák. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petlak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 902,012th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. The surname Petlak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Petlak live; 48 percent live in Eastern Europe and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Petlak is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 3,179,464. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 40 percent live, California, where 24 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States Petlak exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 28 percent live and Ukraine, where 17 percent live.
Petlak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Petlak surname are 5.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.17% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Petlak earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.86% less than the national average, earning $38,030 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.61% less than the national average, earning $45,901 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petlak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petlak in the Russian language | ||
| Петлак | petlak | - |
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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 Petlak
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