Petrita Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Petrita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 296 | 1:67,831 | 8,135 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petrita (651) may also be a first name.
Petrita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petrita is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrita? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 883,255th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name Petrita occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Petrita are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Petrita is also the 325,541st most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 651 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 67,831. In Romania Petrita is most frequent in: Bihor County, where 57 percent live, Dâmbovița County, where 17 percent live and Arad County, where 10 percent live. Not including Romania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.
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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 Petrita
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