Petura Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Czechia

Petura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine441:1,034,60795,076
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

The alternate forms: Peťura (31) are calculated separately.

Petura (61) may also be a first name.

Petura Last Name Facts

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

Petura (Russian: Петура) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Peťura. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petura? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,596,935th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Petura reside; 54 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Petura is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 61 people.

Petura is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 1,034,607. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 86 percent live, Odessa Oblast, where 5 percent live and Ternopil Oblast, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine Petura is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Czechia, where 17 percent live.

Petura Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petura last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

The amount Petura earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 26.51% more than the national average, earning $54,588 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $50,346 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Petura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petura in the Russian language
Петураpetura-

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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 Petura
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