Petroglou Surname

950,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Petroglou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petroglou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2571:43,1126,960
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
England11:55,718,059489,080

Petroglou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petroglou is held by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petroglou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 950,707th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name Petroglou is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Petroglou reside; 93 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Petroglou is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 43,112. In Greece Petroglou is most common in: Attica, where 34 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 33 percent reside and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 31 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 3 percent reside.

Petroglou Last Name Statistics demography

Petroglou earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.84% less than the national average, earning $20,350 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peroglou9416/
Petroglu941/
Petronglo8942/
Peroglous891/
Peroglu8813/
Piroglu7514/
Petroglass7414/
Petrangleo741/
Peragllo713/
Petragla711/
Pietraglla631/
Piranglu591/
Pirraglo591/
Potraglla561/
Pirroglea561/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Petroglou
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