Petrini Surname

35,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Samoa

Petrini Surname User-submission:

I'm from Brazil. The Petrini surname comes from my father, who in turn has Italian and Spanish descent. Both he, as with my grandparents are Brazilian. I know that the Italian part of the family that has the surname comes from Sicily and Palermo.

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Petrini Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy9,3141:6,566856
United States1,4041:258,16224,403
Brazil9811:218,2218,439
Argentina9651:44,2943,738
France5161:128,72619,637
Switzerland3491:23,5333,723
Samoa2431:798243
Sweden2291:42,9993,404
Canada1491:247,28623,510
Romania821:244,85223,260
Uruguay751:45,7575,151
England541:1,031,81650,675
Spain501:935,04135,950
Australia441:613,53943,545
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Venezuela241:1,258,50317,711
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Ireland151:313,92910,911
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Monaco141:2,648179
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Greece81:1,384,97486,362
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Wales71:442,07621,198
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
China31:455,773,85521,925
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
San Marino11:33,214932
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Pétrini (1) are calculated separately.

Petrini (452) may also be a first name.

Petrini Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

I'm from Brazil. The Petrini surname comes from my father, who in turn has Italian and Spanish descent. Both he, as with my grandparents are Brazilian. I know that the Italian part of the family that has the surname comes from Sicily and Palermo.

- joaopetrini_

Petrini Last Name Facts

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

Petrini (Arabic: بتريني, Russian: Петрини) occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Pétrini. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrini? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petrini is the 35,956th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 496,461 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Petrini live; 66 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 65 percent live in Italic Europe. Petrini is also the 402,268th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 452 people.

The surname Petrini is most frequent in Italy, where it is carried by 9,314 people, or 1 in 6,566. In Italy Petrini is most numerous in: Marche, where 21 percent are found, Lazio, where 18 percent are found and Umbria, where 16 percent are found. Beside Italy Petrini exists in 49 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.

Petrini Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Petrini has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petrini surname expanded 35,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petrini Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Petrini surname are 8.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.51% being registered with the party.

The amount Petrini earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 2.05% less than the national average, earning €29,413 per year; in South Africa they earn 393.54% more than the national average, earning R 1,172,830 per year; in United States they earn 17.9% more than the national average, earning $50,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.11% more than the national average, earning $56,196 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pétrini951/
Pestrini9363/
Petrigni9314/
Pettrini937/
Petrinis932/
Petrinio931/
Petrinich88136/
Petreni86634/
Petrine86248/
Petryni8613/
Petriny865/
Petreniy8065/
Petrineh8020/
Petrenis8018/
Pietryni804/
Petraina802/
Petrinez801/
Pietrine801/
Petrenio801/
Petrinea801/
Petrinee801/
Pietreni801/
Petrignet75210/
Petreigne7552/
Petrenich7512/
Pietriena759/
Petrinets758/
Petrena71129/
Peytrignet71127/
Petrény71109/
Petreny7145/
Petrenj7115/
Petryny718/
Petrenh711/
Petriņa711/
Petrenyi67284/
Petrényi67246/
Petrynyi6752/
Poitrine6750/
Petregne6714/
Petreena673/
Pitrinee672/
Petrynha671/
Petreany671/

Petrini Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petrini in the Russian language
Петриниpetrini-
Petrini in the Arabic language
بترينيbtryny-

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