Pettah Surname
Approximately 2,709 people bear this surname
Pettah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,636 | 1:290,996 | 16,467 |
| Iran | 32 | 1:2,399,454 | 79,639 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Pettah (861) may also be a first name.
Pettah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pettah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pettah occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pettah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pettah is the 160,869th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,690,124 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pettah are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pettah is also the 277,461st most frequently used first name in the world, held by 861 people.
The surname Pettah is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 2,636 people, or 1 in 290,996. In India Pettah is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 84 percent live, Telangana, where 15 percent live and Kerala, where 1 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.
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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 Pettah
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