Petol Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Petol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia551:536,25926,457
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
India91:85,229,487684,495
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Petol (70) may also be a first name.

Petol Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petol (Hindi: पेटोल, Marathi: पॅटोल) occurs most in Malaysia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petol? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,152,526th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Petol live; 71 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Petol is also the 1,162,016th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 70 people.

The last name Petol is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 536,259. In Malaysia Petol is primarily concentrated in: Sabah, where 82 percent reside and Sarawak, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petole9185/
Pestol913/
Petold912/
Pethol912/
Pechtol8353/
Phetole8319/
Pestolt839/
Pesttol835/
Petosil831/
Pettoel831/
Pestole830/
Pesthol830/
Pethold830/
Patol803,163/
Petal801,964/
Pitol801,539/
Petul801,221/
Potol80735/
Pytol801/
Pechtold77461/
Pechtoll7715/
Phettool772/
Pechtool771/
Pechtolt770/
Peshtold770/
Peetal733,872/
Pistol733,175/
Pittol73631/
Petale73433/
Paitol73246/
Peštál73110/
Petule73107/
Peteul73104/
Pestal7376/
Pietal7360/
Peetul7356/
Pystol7340/
Pitole7331/
Pištol7328/
Pethal7327/
Pathol7316/
Pottol7316/
Pitoll7315/
Peštal739/
Pettal736/
Petull736/
Pithol736/
Phetal734/
Potool733/
Pattol732/
Paetal731/
Peital731/
Poetal731/
Petgul731/
Pétole731/
Patoil731/
Pihtol731/
Pechthold7142/
Pechtholt713/
Pechtoldt711/
Pistole67955/
Pithole67528/
Pistoll6750/
Pistool6748/
Pistohl6742/
Petault6731/
Pethtal6727/
Pethale6719/
Petulle6719/
Paitool6713/
Peethal674/
Phetgul672/
Petalle672/
Pechtal671/
Peithal671/
Patholh671/
Pethatl671/
Pethule671/
Pittole671/
Pathool671/
Phatolh671/
Pittoll671/
Peetale671/
Padtool671/
Phetule671/
Pitolle671/
Ppittol671/
Phettul671/
Phetale671/
Pestall670/
Pettall670/
Pestale670/

Petol Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petol in the Hindi language
पेटोलpetola-
Petol in the Marathi language
पॅटोलpetola-

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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 Petol
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