Petronas Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Petronas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Petronas (89) may also be a first name.
Petronas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petronas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petronas (Russian: Петронас) is found most in Malaysia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Petronas.
How Common Is The Last Name Petronas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Petronas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Petronas live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 71 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Petronas is also the 1,011,231st most common first name at a global level, borne by 89 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 702,243. In Malaysia Petronas is mostly found in: Kuala Lumpur, where 43 percent are found, Malacca, where 19 percent are found and Selangor, where 19 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and Vietnam, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petronas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petronas in the Russian language | ||
| Петронас | petronas | - |
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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 Petronas
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