Petrolwala Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Petrolwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petrolwala Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India121:63,922,115578,870
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Petrolwala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petrolwala is found most in India. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrolwala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petrolwala is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Petrolwala occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Petrolwala reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India Petrolwala is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 58 percent live, Maharashtra, where 8 percent live and Rajasthan, where 8 percent live. Aside from India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 7 percent live and Kuwait, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petrolilah801/
Peterlal783/
Peetrjlal742/
Petrolilo741/
Betrolila741/
Patrawalal702/
Patra Lala701/
Pedro Leal701/
Petry Leal701/
Petrulol671/
Petrilol671/
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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 Petrolwala
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