Petrea Surname
Approximately 13,127 people bear this surname
Petrea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 11,042 | 1:1,818 | 233 |
| United States | 862 | 1:420,486 | 36,437 |
| Moldova | 669 | 1:5,323 | 809 |
| Spain | 258 | 1:181,209 | 12,764 |
| Greece | 80 | 1:138,497 | 22,965 |
| Belgium | 39 | 1:294,786 | 34,540 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
Petrea (1,320) may also be a first name.
Petrea Demographics
Average Petrea Salary in
United States
$37,671 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Petrea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petrea (Russian: Петреа) is most common in Romania. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrea? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 39,969th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 555,157 people. The surname Petrea is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Petrea are found; 89 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 216,309th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,320 people.
This surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 11,042 people, or 1 in 1,818. In Romania Petrea is most common in: Vrancea County, where 16 percent are found, Galați County, where 13 percent are found and Bacău County, where 11 percent are found. Other than Romania it occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Moldova, where 5 percent are found.
Petrea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Petrea has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Petrea surname rose 1,231 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Petrea Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Petrea last name are 27.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.35% registered with the political party.
The amount Petrea earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 74.51% less than the national average, earning €7,656 per year; in United States they earn 12.7% less than the national average, earning $37,671 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.4% more than the national average, earning $56,835 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petrea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petrea in the Russian language | ||
| Петреа | petrea | - |
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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
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- 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 Petrea
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