Petsalakis Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Petsalakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 150 | 1:73,865 | 12,431 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petsalakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petsalakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petsalakis occurs most in Greece. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petsalakis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,409,418th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Petsalakis are found; 97 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
Petsalakis is most prevalent in Greece, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 73,865. In Greece it is most numerous in: Crete, where 75 percent are found, Attica, where 21 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Greece this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petsalaki | 95 | 115 | / |
| Patsalakis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Petsoulakis | 86 | 16 | / |
| Peitsoulakis | 82 | 1 | / |
| Peshalakai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pitsoulakis | 76 | 138 | / |
| Patsoulakis | 76 | 41 | / |
| Peacoulakis | 76 | 17 | / |
| Pissalaki | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pitsoulaki | 70 | 56 | / |
| Paisalyakit | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pesalache | 63 | 60 | / |
| Pessalace | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pozoulakis | 60 | 45 | / |
| Pessalache | 60 | 18 | / |
| Pisaloka | 56 | 1 | / |
| Phaisalokchi | 55 | 9 | / |
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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 Petsalakis
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