Petriu Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Petriu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 181 | 1:1,182,731 | 40,970 |
| Romania | 45 | 1:446,175 | 35,142 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Petriu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petriu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petriu (Russian: Петриу) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petriu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petriu is the 1,038,570th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Petriu reside; 75 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 1,182,731. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Paraná, where 96 percent reside, Santa Catarina, where 2 percent reside and São Paulo, where 2 percent reside. Besides Brazil this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 19 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroiu | 92 | 1,173 | / |
| Petrius | 92 | 16 | / |
| Petriou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Petriue | 92 | 1 | / |
| Periu | 91 | 187 | / |
| Pietroiu | 86 | 58 | / |
| Pestroiu | 86 | 20 | / |
| Pestrițu | 86 | 13 | / |
| Petruțiu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Pestrius | 86 | 1 | / |
| Petroius | 86 | 0 | / |
| Perius | 83 | 1,039 | / |
| Periou | 83 | 442 | / |
| Periut | 83 | 98 | / |
| Perriu | 83 | 59 | / |
| Petryu | 83 | 8 | / |
| Patriu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Peruiu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Peeriu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Periju | 83 | 1 | / |
| Perjiu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Periuć | 83 | 1 | / |
| Perieu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Patroiu | 77 | 44 | / |
| Perrius | 77 | 35 | / |
| Pătroiu | 77 | 27 | / |
| Perșoiu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Perieau | 77 | 6 | / |
| Petryus | 77 | 2 | / |
| Perogiu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peträus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peyrieu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Periuss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Petroju | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pierieu | 77 | 0 | / |
| Perju | 73 | 3,710 | / |
| Piriu | 73 | 228 | / |
| Peryu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Petrehus | 71 | 231 | / |
| Petrehuș | 71 | 94 | / |
| Petrehuş | 71 | 74 | / |
| Pistrițu | 71 | 52 | / |
| Perrieau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Potraiju | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perriult | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petryhus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pistrius | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piriou | 67 | 3,670 | / |
| Pereau | 67 | 252 | / |
| Piroiu | 67 | 136 | / |
| Păroiu | 67 | 100 | / |
| Perjus | 67 | 78 | / |
| Pătrău | 67 | 61 | / |
| Pierrieau | 67 | 48 | / |
| Peroju | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pirius | 67 | 39 | / |
| Périou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Peryus | 67 | 6 | / |
| Peréus | 67 | 5 | / |
| Potrju | 67 | 3 | / |
| Perryu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peryou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pistroius | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piriut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pyriou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Päträu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piriju | 67 | 1 | / |
Petriu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petriu in the Russian language | ||
| Петриу | petriu | - |
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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 Petriu
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