Petricheva Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Petricheva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petricheva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria551:126,8897,394
Russia411:3,515,196179,721
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Petricheva Last Name Facts

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

Petricheva (Russian: Петричева) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petricheva? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,817,111th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Petricheva live; 53 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 53 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 126,889. In Bulgaria it is mostly found in: Pazardzhik Province, where 51 percent are found, Sofia City Province, where 18 percent are found and Varna Province, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Bulgaria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 40 percent are found and Belarus, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Petricheva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petricheva in the Russian language
Петричеваpetriceva-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Petricheva
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis