Petracek Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Petracek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petracek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2811:1,289,88990,528
Canada821:449,33638,948
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England21:27,859,030389,889
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Petraček (8) & Petráček (583) are calculated separately.

Petracek Last Name Facts

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

Petracek is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Petraček or Petráček. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petracek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 727,600th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name Petracek is primarily found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Petracek are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 1,289,889. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 16 percent reside, Colorado, where 12 percent reside and Minnesota, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 21 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.

Petracek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petracek are 12.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.42% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Petracek earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 18.97% more than the national average, earning $51,333 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.45% less than the national average, earning $44,493 CAD per year.

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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 Petracek
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