Petridou Surname

118,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,876 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Petridou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petridou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3,3701:3,288285
Cyprus3991:2,218266
England261:2,143,00282,017
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Petridou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petridou is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petridou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 118,650th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,880,172 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Petridou reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

Petridou is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 3,370 people, or 1 in 3,288. In Greece it is most numerous in: Central Macedonia, where 50 percent are found, Attica, where 24 percent are found and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 13 percent are found. Barring Greece Petridou occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Cyprus, where 10 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Petridou Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Petridou last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Petridou earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petriddou942/
Peridou9395/
Petridu9327/
Petrido934/
Pieridou88247/
Petridoy881/
Perido863,533/
Pyridou8035/
Peridoh8010/
Peredou808/
Peridot806/
Periodo804/
Pereido801/
Peraido801/
Perrido801/
Pyrgidou7519/
Petrydos751/
Peredo7121,412/
Perida712,552/
Pirido719/
Peredu716/
Perrideau712/
Piridu711/
Pereida673,236/
Pereddo67198/
Peridas67165/
Perrida67103/
Peredoz6725/
Peredoe6723/
Perieda6721/
Perredo6713/
Peraida6711/
Piriddu677/
Pitrida676/
Perioda675/
Piridho674/
Perisda674/
Peredos672/
Pesrida672/
Pieredu671/

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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 Petridou
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