Petrenec Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Petrenec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petrenec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312

Petrenec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petrenec is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrenec? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Petrenec is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Petrenec live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 444,704. In Slovakia Petrenec is most prevalent in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 83 percent live, Nitra Region, where 8 percent live and Trnava Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Slovakia Petrenec exists in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 40 percent live.

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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 Petrenec
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