Petricas Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Petricas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 190 | 1:105,673 | 11,937 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Petricaș (2) & Petricaş (1) are calculated separately.
Petricas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petricas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petricas is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Petricaș or Petricaş. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petricas? popularity and diffusion
Petricas is the 1,210,518th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Petricas live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Petricas is most prevalent in Romania, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 105,673. In Romania Petricas is most common in: Sălaj County, where 46 percent reside, Bihor County, where 37 percent reside and Brașov County, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Romania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, 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 Petricas
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