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 last name Petridou is more commonly found in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petridou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 118,650th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,880,172 people. The surname Petridou is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Petridou live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Petridou is most common in Greece, where it is borne by 3,370 people, or 1 in 3,288. In Greece Petridou is most frequent in: Central Macedonia, where 50 percent live, Attica, where 24 percent live and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 13 percent live. Apart from Greece Petridou occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 10 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Petridou Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petridou are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political 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
  • 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 Petridou
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