Petso Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Petso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 336 | 1:6,509 | 1,087 |
| South Africa | 118 | 1:459,133 | 38,484 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Petso (373) may also be a first name.
Petso Demographics
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Petso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petso (Russian: Пецо) is found most in Botswana. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petso? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 645,988th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Petso are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Petso is also the 449,413th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 373 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 6,509. Excluding Botswana this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Petso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Petso has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Petso last name grew 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Petso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Petso are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Petso earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.8% more than the national average, earning R 377,364 per year and in United States they earn 41.58% less than the national average, earning $25,208 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petso in the Russian language | ||
| Пецо | peco | - |
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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 Petso
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