Petrican Surname

763,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Petrican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petrican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3571:56,2416,895
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Petrican Last Name Facts

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

Petrican is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrican? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petrican is the 763,307th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. Petrican is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Petrican reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Petrican is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 357 people, or 1 in 56,241. In Romania Petrican is mostly found in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 54 percent are found, Cluj County, where 31 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Romania Petrican exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.

Petrican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Petrican has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petrican surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petrican Last Name Statistics demography

Petrican earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.87% less than the national average, earning $48,259 CAD per year.

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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 Petrican
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