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Where Does The Last Name Petroff Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Petroff (Russian: Петрофф) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Pétroff. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petroff? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 82,665^th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,243,609 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Petroff live; 48 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198^th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 18 people.

The last name Petroff is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2,697 people, or 1 in 134,393. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 12 percent reside, Ohio, where 10 percent reside and Michigan, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States Petroff exists in 56 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 13 percent reside and Argentina, where 10 percent reside.

Petroff Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Petroff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petroff last name grew 8,428 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petroff Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Petroff surname is primarily Orthodox (61%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Petroff last name are 7.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.02% registered with the party.

The amount Petroff earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.38% more than the national average, earning R 343,104 per year; in United States they earn 8.98% more than the national average, earning $47,022 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.24% more than the national average, earning $54,772 CAD per year.