Petra Surname
Approximately 6,117 people bear this surname
Petra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,665 | 1:12,059 | 1,547 |
| Greece | 605 | 1:18,314 | 2,611 |
| Mexico | 436 | 1:284,693 | 6,584 |
| United States | 407 | 1:890,562 | 67,298 |
| Indonesia | 265 | 1:499,054 | 40,843 |
| Netherlands | 229 | 1:73,743 | 12,495 |
| Italy | 200 | 1:305,783 | 38,187 |
| Germany | 180 | 1:447,253 | 39,773 |
| Russia | 170 | 1:847,783 | 68,532 |
| Argentina | 158 | 1:270,528 | 21,773 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Hungary | 148 | 1:66,326 | 6,836 |
| Thailand | 138 | 1:511,872 | 89,138 |
| Slovakia | 131 | 1:40,736 | 7,606 |
| France | 127 | 1:523,014 | 72,224 |
| Malaysia | 102 | 1:289,159 | 15,911 |
| Spain | 82 | 1:570,147 | 27,179 |
| Australia | 80 | 1:337,446 | 28,659 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Brunei | 49 | 1:8,546 | 1,114 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Czechia | 33 | 1:322,226 | 40,051 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Ukraine | 29 | 1:1,569,748 | 122,792 |
| Finland | 29 | 1:189,541 | 16,328 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 1:285,980 | 20,148 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Jordan | 9 | 1:982,493 | 16,126 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:473,761 | 33,810 |
The alternate forms: Petrà (1), Petrá (1) & Petrã (1) are calculated separately.
Petra (1,432,404) may also be a first name.
Petra Demographics
Average Petra Salary in
United States
$48,539 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petra (Arabic: البترا, Bengali: পেত্রা, Oriya: େପଟା, Russian: Петра) is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Petrà, Petrá or Petrã. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petra? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petra is the 79,706th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,191,359 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Petra live; 35 percent live in Eastern Europe and 27 percent live in Romanian Europe. Petra is also the 523rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 1,432,404 people.
This surname is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 1,665 people, or 1 in 12,059. In Romania it is primarily found in: Mureș County, where 47 percent live, Argeș County, where 8 percent live and Constanța County, where 8 percent live. Apart from Romania it occurs in 93 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 10 percent live and Mexico, where 7 percent live.
Petra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Petra has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 384 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 567 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Petra Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (78%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Petra surname are 0.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.57% being registered with the political party.
The amount Petra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 38.58% less than the national average, earning €18,444 per year; in South Africa they earn 130.85% more than the national average, earning R 548,580 per year; in United States they earn 12.49% more than the national average, earning $48,539 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning $62,335 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petra in the Bengali language | ||
| পেত্রা | petra | - |
| Petra in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଟା | epata | 58.14 |
| େପତ | epata | 39.53 |
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 2.33 |
| Petra in the Russian language | ||
| Петра | petra | - |
| Petra in the Arabic language | ||
| البترا | albtra | - |
| بتراء | btra | - |
| بيترا | bytra | - |
| بترا | btra | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Petra
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