Petrehus Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Petrehus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 227 | 1:88,449 | 10,253 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Petrehuș (94) & Petrehuş (74) are calculated separately.
Petrehus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrehus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petrehus is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Petrehuș or Petrehuş. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrehus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petrehus is the 1,073,555th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Petrehus are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 88,449. In Romania it is mostly found in: Maramureș County, where 65 percent live, Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 21 percent live and Cluj County, where 13 percent live. Barring Romania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrehuș | 96 | 94 | / |
| Petrehuş | 96 | 74 | / |
| Petraeus | 88 | 60 | / |
| Petryhus | 88 | 1 | / |
| Peterhaus | 82 | 0 | / |
| Peterus | 80 | 358 | / |
| Perehud | 80 | 28 | / |
| Petrius | 80 | 16 | / |
| Petreos | 80 | 2 | / |
| Petryus | 80 | 2 | / |
| Peträus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pergeus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petrihos | 75 | 14 | / |
| Petrious | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peterous | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peregius | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pestrius | 75 | 1 | / |
| Petroius | 75 | 0 | / |
| Perius | 71 | 1,039 | / |
| Pereau | 71 | 252 | / |
| Petriu | 71 | 242 | / |
| Perjus | 71 | 78 | / |
| Pereos | 71 | 16 | / |
| Petryu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Peryus | 71 | 6 | / |
| Peréus | 71 | 5 | / |
| Perieu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peteros | 67 | 4,014 | / |
| Perreau | 67 | 3,488 | / |
| Petiros | 67 | 1,458 | / |
| Petroiu | 67 | 1,173 | / |
| Perrius | 67 | 35 | / |
| Pergeau | 67 | 34 | / |
| Pitirus | 67 | 7 | / |
| Patrius | 67 | 7 | / |
| Perious | 67 | 6 | / |
| Perieau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Perryhouse | 67 | 4 | / |
| Piterus | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pejréus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Petroju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petriue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Periuss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pyrihus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pearyhouse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potryus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phereos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pereaos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pierjus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petriou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peyrieu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pierieu | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pereout | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Petrehus
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