Petulo Surname

402,870th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 871 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Petulo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petulo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
Zambia721:220,13813,905
Zimbabwe361:428,84037,622
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Petulo (417) may also be a first name.

Petulo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Petulo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Petulo occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petulo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petulo is the 402,870th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,366,872 people. The last name Petulo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Petulo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 420,947th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 417 people.

It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 8 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petullo92202/
Petulos921/
Phethulo861/
Pethulot861/
Petilo831,765/
Petula83275/
Patulo8362/
Potulo8335/
Petolo8323/
Pitulo832/
Petulà831/
Patullo771,460/
Petulla77959/
Petullà77107/
Phetolo7778/
Pitullo7747/
Patuloh7745/
Petilio7724/
Patulio7718/
Petulia7714/
Petilho7712/
Pettula779/
Peutula778/
Pethula775/
Patuloy775/
Pattulo775/
Pothulo774/
Petullá772/
Petuela772/
Pittulo771/
Pathulo771/
Peetula771/
Petollo771/
Pituelo771/
Phetula771/
Photulo771/
Pattullo71891/
Pittullo7158/
Patulloh7134/
Petoello7117/
Phethula7110/
Peetulla713/
Pethulla713/
Petullia711/
Pettilio711/
Pittuelo711/
Petoulia711/
Pitullio711/
Piethula711/
Pathuilo711/
Pottullo710/
Potula673,220/
Patula671,120/
Pitula67565/
Pytula67276/
Pettoello67220/
Pitolo67100/
Petila6745/
Pitilo6737/
Patilo6730/
Petoulias6719/
Petola6715/
Potilo6715/
Petuła675/
Pituło671/
Pistouloy671/

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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 Petulo
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