Petroianu Surname

671,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Petroianu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petroianu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania4241:47,3535,903
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Petroianu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petroianu is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petroianu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 671,677th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Petroianu reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Romania, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 47,353. In Romania Petroianu is mostly found in: Vrancea County, where 31 percent are found, Dolj County, where 22 percent are found and Buzău County, where 17 percent are found. Barring Romania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Petroianu Last Name Statistics demography

Petroianu earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 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 Petroianu
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