Petianu Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Petianu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petianu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania751:267,70524,809
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Petianu Last Name Facts

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

Petianu occurs most in Romania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petianu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,152,526th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Petianu live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 267,705. In Romania Petianu is most numerous in: Suceava County, where 52 percent live, Gorj County, where 33 percent live and Botoșani County, where 5 percent live. Besides Romania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 1 percent live and Canada, 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 Petianu
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