Petu Surname
Approximately 2,431 people bear this surname
Petu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 903 | 1:81,816 | 9,431 |
| Indonesia | 418 | 1:316,386 | 27,799 |
| South Africa | 385 | 1:140,721 | 16,192 |
| Romania | 252 | 1:79,674 | 9,369 |
| Nigeria | 151 | 1:1,173,131 | 47,714 |
| Tanzania | 85 | 1:622,843 | 38,112 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Moldova | 40 | 1:89,034 | 11,037 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Petu (3,371) may also be a first name.
Petu Demographics
Average Petu Salary in
South Africa
R 148,344
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Petu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petu (Bengali: পেতু, Hindi: पेटू, Marathi: पेटू, Oriya: େପଟୁ, Russian: Пету, Tibetan: པད་ཀྲུགས།) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Petu.
How Common Is The Last Name Petu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 176,101st most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,997,756 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Petu reside; 37 percent reside in Central Africa and 37 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 122,784th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 3,371 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 903 people, or 1 in 81,816. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 16 percent live.
Petu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Petu has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Petu Last Name Statistics demography
Petu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.58% less than the national average, earning R 148,344 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petu in the Tibetan language | ||
| པད་ཀྲུགས། | pétruk | - |
| Petu in the Bengali language | ||
| পেতু | petu | - |
| Petu in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଟୁ | epatu | 96.68 |
| େପଟୂ | epatu | 2.22 |
| େପତୁ | epatu | 1.11 |
| Petu in the Hindi language | ||
| पेटू | petu | 82.86 |
| पेटु | petu | 11.43 |
| पेतू | petu | 2.86 |
| पेतु | petu | 2.86 |
| Petu in the Marathi language | ||
| पेटू | petu | 49.06 |
| पेटु | petu | 45.28 |
| पेतु | petu | 3.77 |
| पेतू | petu | 1.89 |
| Petu in the Russian language | ||
| Пету | petu | - |
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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 Petu
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