Petreto Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Petreto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petreto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France431:1,544,714145,815
Italy71:8,736,670118,213

Petreto Last Name Facts

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

Petreto is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Petreto.

How Common Is The Last Name Petreto? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petreto is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Petreto live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,544,714. In France Petreto is primarily found in: Corsica, where 70 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 19 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 7 percent are found. Beside France this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Italy, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petretto93589/
Pereto921,025/
Pestretto889/
Petrietto880/
Peretto863,785/
Petrato86137/
Perreto8668/
Perieto8632/
Peireto8628/
Peretos8626/
Peretou8622/
Pereato865/
Peresto863/
Pereito862/
Peyreto862/
Peterto861/
Piereto861/
Phetrato801,005/
Petretta80326/
Perretto80291/
Pieretto80280/
Petrotto80161/
Petritou8058/
Peyretou8033/
Petrotou8033/
Pestrito807/
Petratto805/
Pheresto804/
Peretout802/
Pettrato801/
Pereetuo801/
Petritos801/
Perietto801/
Perettos801/
Perito772,785/
Pereta77526/
Pireto7723/
Peretó7718/
Peyretout75134/
Pestritto75123/
Petriotou754/
Peerretto752/
Pierretto751/
Petertosh751/
Peritos71724/
Peretta71654/
Peresta71521/
Petrita71305/
Patrito71276/
Piretto71108/
Perioto71101/
Pereita7199/
Perreta7176/
Peretau7129/
Pereuta7118/
Peritto7114/
Perrito7114/
Piretos718/
Pergito717/
Peterta715/
Potrato714/
Pirieto712/
Pierito712/
Pereteu711/
Peiretó711/
Perieta711/
Peretas711/
Perretta674,675/
Petrotta67438/
Periotto67373/
Patritto6743/
Phetrata6731/
Pestrita6727/
Pereszta678/
Pitrotto676/
Pairetto675/
Pistrito673/
Petratta672/
Perreita671/
Perritto671/
Petroita671/
Peretach671/
Pieretta671/
Petraita671/
Pearieta671/
Pirretos671/

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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 Petreto
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