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 can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petso? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 645,988th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name occurs mostly 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. It is also the 449,413th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 373 people.
The surname Petso is most common in Botswana, where it is held by 336 people, or 1 in 6,509. Apart from Botswana this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Petso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Petso has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petso surname expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Petso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Petso surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the 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
- 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 Petso
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