Petranek Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Petranek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petranek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3421:1,059,82177,412
Israel331:259,32223,464
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Serbia81:893,11828,088
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

The alternate forms: Petránek (219) & Petráněk (34) are calculated separately.

Petranek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petranek (Russian: Петранек) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Petránek or Petráněk. Click here to see other possible spellings of Petranek.

How Common Is The Last Name Petranek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 718,674th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Petranek are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 1,059,821. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 18 percent live, Wisconsin, where 11 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States Petranek is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 8 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.

Petranek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Petranek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petranek last name increased 1,315 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petranek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petranek are 6.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.7% registered to vote for the political party.

Petranek earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.02% more than the national average, earning $43,588 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Petranek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petranek in the Russian language
Петранекpetranek-

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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 Petranek
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