Petrol Surname
Approximately 1,342 people bear this surname
Petrol Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 96 | 1:160,815 | 20,064 |
| Poland | 77 | 1:493,620 | 48,553 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Petrol (1,476) may also be a first name.
Petrol Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrol Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petrol (Arabic: بترولا, Russian: Петроль) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrol? popularity and diffusion
It is the 286,292nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,430,362 people. The surname Petrol is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Petrol live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Petrol is also the 202,591st most prevalent first name on earth, held by 1,476 people.
The surname Petrol is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 28,484. Barring Malawi it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 32 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petrol Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petrol in the Russian language | ||
| Петроль | petrol | - |
| Petrol in the Arabic language | ||
| بترولا | btrwla | - |
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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 Petrol
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