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 surname Petrau is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Pétrau. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,095,216th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. Petrau occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Petrau are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most common in France, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 303,300. In France Petrau is mostly found 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. Not including France this surname is found 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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