Petolescu Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Petolescu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Petolescu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2481:80,9599,511
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Petolescu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petolescu is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petolescu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Petolescu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

It is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 80,959. In Romania Petolescu is most numerous in: Mehedinți County, where 46 percent live, Caraș-Severin County, where 32 percent live and Timiș County, where 21 percent live. Apart from Romania Petolescu is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pitulescu7882/
Patulescu785/
Botolescu781/
Petleska7127/
Petleski7123/
Petolsky7114/
Podlesuk711/
Petelewscki703/
Bitulescu6784/
Botulescu6742/
Butulescu6740/
Peteleski6722/
Pițulescu675/
Boțulescu674/
Potoleski671/
Petlewska671/
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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 Petolescu
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