Petrelius Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Petrelius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petrelius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1421:38,7094,929
Sweden791:124,6428,853
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Petrélius (1) are calculated separately.

Petrelius Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petrelius is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Petrélius. Click here to see other possible spellings of Petrelius.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrelius? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 940,398th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Petrelius occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Petrelius reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 38,709. In Finland Petrelius is primarily found in: Lapland, where 34 percent live, Uusimaa, where 28 percent live and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 17 percent live. Outside of Finland this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Petrelius Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petrelius surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Petrelius earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.47% less than the national average, earning $34,750 USD per year.

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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 Petrelius
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