Petrau Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Petrau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 219 | 1:303,300 | 46,302 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
The alternate forms: Pétrau (1) are calculated separately.
Petrau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petrau occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Pétrau. Click here for other potential spellings of Petrau.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,095,216th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Petrau live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 303,300. In France it is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 77 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 5 percent are found. Apart from France Petrau occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Petrau
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