Petrencu Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Petrencu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 164 | 1:122,426 | 13,459 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Petrencu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrencu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petrencu occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrencu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,286,243rd most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petrencu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.
It is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 122,426. In Romania Petrencu is most prevalent in: Tulcea County, where 97 percent reside, Constanța County, where 2 percent reside and Galați County, where 1 percent reside. Besides Romania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 5 percent reside and Czechia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Petrencu
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