Petcu Surname
Approximately 25,130 people bear this surname
Petcu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 23,351 | 1:860 | 113 |
| Moldova | 1,147 | 1:3,105 | 430 |
| United States | 168 | 1:2,157,494 | 136,287 |
| England | 67 | 1:831,613 | 44,286 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| Belgium | 58 | 1:198,218 | 26,032 |
| Italy | 53 | 1:1,153,900 | 73,671 |
| Austria | 34 | 1:250,454 | 29,541 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Petcu (10) may also be a first name.
Petcu Demographics
Average Petcu Salary in
United States
$48,305 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petcu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petcu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petcu occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petcu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petcu is the 21,659th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 289,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Petcu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name in the world, borne by 10 people.
Petcu is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 23,351 people, or 1 in 860. In Romania it is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 15 percent are found, Prahova County, where 8 percent are found and Constanța County, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Romania Petcu exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Petcu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Petcu surname are 0.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.05% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Petcu earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.95% more than the national average, earning $48,305 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.03% less than the national average, earning $47,185 CAD per year.
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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 Petcu
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