Petretchi Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Petretchi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 324 | 1:61,969 | 7,476 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
The alternate forms: Petreţchi (37) & Petrețchi (1) are calculated separately.
Petretchi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petretchi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petretchi is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Petreţchi or Petrețchi. Click here for further potential spellings of Petretchi.
How Common Is The Last Name Petretchi? popularity and diffusion
Petretchi is the 842,714th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. The last name Petretchi occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petretchi reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 324 people, or 1 in 61,969. In Romania it is most common in: Maramureș County, where 37 percent reside, Arad County, where 22 percent reside and Timiș County, where 22 percent reside. Outside of Romania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 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 Petretchi
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