Petroaia Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Petroaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 225 | 1:89,235 | 10,329 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Petroaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petroaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petroaia is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petroaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petroaia is the 1,085,744th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petroaia live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 89,235. In Romania Petroaia is mostly found in: Iași County, where 63 percent reside, Neamț County, where 23 percent reside and Suceava County, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Romania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Scotland, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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