Petriaev Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Petriaev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petriaev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2641:172,43423,711
Moldova51:712,27439,996
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Petriaev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petriaev is found most frequently in Ukraine. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petriaev? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 956,400th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Petriaev are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 172,434. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Donetsk Oblast, where 29 percent live, Kharkiv Oblast, where 17 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 12 percent live. Excluding Ukraine this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petriaeva94328/
Pestriaev9411/
Petryaev881,927/
Petreaev883/
Petryaeva822,428/
Pestryaev82216/
Petryaaev821/
Pyriaev8017/
Peryaev8016/
Pyriaeva7518/
Pitryaev757/
Peryaeva757/
Potryaev751/
Pitryaeva712/
Pyryaev67247/
Piryaev679/
Pyryaeva63257/
Piryaeva6311/

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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 Petriaev
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