Petretta Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Petretta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petretta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
Italy461:1,329,49377,702
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
England141:3,979,861125,553
France111:6,038,429280,838
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Petretta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petretta is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petretta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 842,714th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. The last name Petretta occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Petretta reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 2,196,721. In The United States it is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 33 percent live, California, where 19 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Petretta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petretta are 1.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.08% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Petretta earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.95% more than the national average, earning $43,558 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.46% more than the national average, earning $58,357 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peretta93654/
Perretta884,675/
Petretti88886/
Petretto88589/
Petrotta88438/
Petretty888/
Petrette883/
Petratta882/
Pieretta881/
Pereta86526/
Petriette8251/
Petrettee8211/
Pestretto829/
Pierretta822/
Petrietti821/
Petrietto820/
Peretto803,785/
Peresta80521/
Petrita80305/
Piretta80300/
Petreti80145/
Pereita8099/
Perreta8076/
Petreto8050/
Peretau8029/
Pereuta8018/
Peterta805/
Petrete802/
Perieta801/
Peretai801/
Peretas801/
Pettriette781/
Petritaj75319/
Perretto75291/
Pieretto75280/
Petrotto75161/
Perestaj7597/
Phetrata7531/
Pereitai7531/
Pestrita7527/
Petretee7519/
Petretis759/
Pereszta758/
Petriete758/
Pioretta755/
Petratto755/
Pirretta753/
Petretei752/
Peretout752/
Petreste751/
Petretie751/
Petroita751/
Peretach751/
Perreita751/
Petraita751/
Petreatj751/
Pearieta751/
Perritta751/
Perietto751/
Perettos751/
Petritty751/
Pettrete750/
Petritte750/
Pereto711,025/
Peyretout71134/
Phetratai71132/
Pestritto71123/
Perita7168/
Petretich7159/
Pireta7136/
Photrotta7124/
Peretó7118/
Pearrieta715/
Peerretto712/
Petraitas711/
Perriotta711/
Pierretto711/
Perreteau711/
Pietertau711/
Pereethat711/
Phetrathai671,675/
Peraita67687/
Petriti67461/
Patrata67239/
Peretei67179/
Perysta67163/
Petrato67137/
Piretto67108/
Phetrothai6799/
Potrata6772/
Perreto6768/
Piritta6738/
Perieto6732/
Peireto6728/
Petrity6726/
Peretos6726/
Peretou6722/
Piretas6716/
Peritto6714/
Perista6710/
Pergita676/
Perrita675/
Patrota675/
Pereato675/
Petrite674/
Pitreti674/
Peresto673/
Perayta673/
Pereito672/
Peyreto672/
Peterto671/
Pitrota671/
Pearita671/
Pereteu671/
Piereto671/
Petraitytë671/
Petruitytė671/
Peiretó671/
Piretap671/
Pioreta671/
Peritas670/

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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 Petretta
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