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 surname Petrol (Arabic: بترولا, Russian: Петроль) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Petrol click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrol? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 286,292nd most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,430,362 people. The surname Petrol occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Petrol live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 202,591st most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 1,476 people.
Petrol is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 601 people, or 1 in 28,484. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 32 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
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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