Petroe Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Petroe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 68 | 1:52,373 | 7,527 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petroe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petroe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petroe (Russian: Петрое) occurs more in Moldova more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petroe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,034,059th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Petroe are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Moldova, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 52,373. In Moldova Petroe is mostly found in: Cahul District, where 97 percent reside and Chișinău Municipality, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Moldova this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petroe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petroe in the Russian language | ||
| Петрое | petroe | - |
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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 Petroe
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