Petrolay Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Petrolay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 196 | 1:48,475 | 8,271 |
| Russia | 54 | 1:2,668,945 | 150,916 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Petrolay Demographics
Petrolay Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Petrolay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrolay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petrolay (Russian: Петролай) is more commonly found in Belarus than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrolay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 983,245th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Petrolay are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 92 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Belarus, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 48,475. In Belarus Petrolay is most prevalent in: Gomel Region, where 86 percent reside, Minsk, where 8 percent reside and Mogilev Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Belarus it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Petrolay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (93%) in Belarus.
In The United States Petrolay are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.
Petrolay earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 87.25% less than the national average, earning $5,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petrolay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petrolay in the Russian language | ||
| Петролай | petrolaj | - |
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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 Petrolay
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