Petricka Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Petricka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petricka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1941:1,868,345121,641
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Petrička (8), Petrická (3), Petřička (9), Petríčka (1) & Petřická (1) are calculated separately.

Petricka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petricka is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant: Petrička, Petrická, Petřička, Petríčka or Petřická. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petricka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,194,481st most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. Petricka is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Petricka live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Petricka is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 1,868,345. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 57 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 2 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.

Petricka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Petricka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Petricka last name increased 1,764 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petricka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petricka are 17.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.58% being registered to vote for the political party.

Petricka earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.05% more than the national average, earning $48,778 USD 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
  • 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 Petricka
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