Petroczy Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Petroczy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petroczy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary281:350,58125,143
Austria191:448,18144,644
United States131:27,881,456736,413
France111:6,038,429280,838
Croatia91:469,84536,710
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Petróczy (289) are calculated separately.

Petroczy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petroczy is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Petróczy. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petroczy? popularity and diffusion

Petroczy is the 1,882,912th most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. Petroczy is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Petroczy are found; 32 percent are found in Western Europe and 29 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 350,581. In Hungary Petroczy is most numerous in: Budapest, where 96 percent reside and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Hungary it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Petroczy Last Name Statistics demography

Petroczy earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.62% less than the national average, earning $23,031 USD per year.

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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 Petroczy
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