Petroia Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Petroia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Petroia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petroia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petroia is most common in Moldova. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Petroia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petroia? popularity and diffusion
Petroia is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Petroia live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Moldova, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 508,767. In Moldova it is primarily found in: Chișinău Municipality, where 86 percent are found and Cahul District, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Moldova it exists in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Petroia
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