Petroll Surname

811,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Petroll Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petroll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2511:320,73932,146
United States621:5,846,112285,490
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Petroll Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petroll has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petroll? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petroll is the 811,192nd most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Petroll live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Petroll is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 251 people, or 1 in 320,739. In Germany Petroll is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 51 percent are found, Hesse, where 7 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 6 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Poland, where 4 percent are found.

Petroll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Petroll has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petroll Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petroll last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Petroll earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.9% less than the national average, earning $35,856 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
  • 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 Petroll
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