Petron Surname

275,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Petron Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petron Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6611:548,34945,358
France2691:246,92538,159
Philippines1681:602,60865,371
Mexico551:2,256,84019,878
Chile461:382,96710,457
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
India151:51,137,692512,385
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Lebanon81:704,63514,756
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Pétron (15) & Petrón (3) are calculated separately.

Petron (320) may also be a first name.

Petron Last Name Facts

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

Petron (Arabic: بترون, Russian: Петрон) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Pétron or Petrón. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petron? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 275,425th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,172,140 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Petron are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Petron is also the 490,671st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 320 people.

The last name Petron is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 661 people, or 1 in 548,349. In The United States it is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 49 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 5 percent live and Texas, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States Petron is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.

Petron Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Petron has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Petron surname grew 4,721 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petron Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Petron last name are 44.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.17% registered with the political party.

The amount Petron earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.16% less than the national average, earning R 42,396 per year; in United States they earn 6.7% more than the national average, earning $46,041 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.13% more than the national average, earning $74,091 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pétron9415/
Petrón943/
Petrone9218,903/
Pietron92551/
Pettron9211/
Phetron929/
Petrong924/
Petronh923/
Petroin922/
Peitron921/
Pestron921/
Petronė921/
Petroon921/
Peron9122,717/
Pettrone86465/
Pestronk8655/
Phetrong8635/
Petronne8632/
Petrosyn8631/
Petrosin8612/
Phetroon8612/
Petroong866/
Pestrong864/
Petroung863/
Petroune861/
Phetrron861/
Perron8337,235/
Patron8326,514/
Perone835,312/
Peyron835,090/
Petran833,261/
Pieron831,289/
Perong83864/
Petrun83817/
Potron83636/
Peuron83412/
Pitron83309/
Peiron83294/
Pearon83223/
Petrán83217/
Pheron83134/
Perzon83109/
Peeron8378/
Peront8365/
Perhon8343/
Petrom8326/
Pergon838/
Peronn833/
Peroun832/
Pesron832/
Peronc831/
Perond831/
Peroon831/
Pytron831/
Pehron830/
Petronova8024/
Petrochin807/
Petrosink807/
Phetrhong804/
Phetroong804/
Petrossin803/
Petrosien802/
Phetroung802/
Petroshyn802/
Petrochen801/
Perrone7752,872/
Pierron7710,456/
Peirone772,839/
Pietroń772,027/
Peirond77862/
Perotin77775/
Pitrone77753/
Peronne77737/
Pearzon77193/
Perosin77176/
Peroune77112/
Pearron77110/
Perroin77108/
Peyrone7775/
Petrung7772/
Patroon7768/
Petrane7761/
Photron7747/
Perrong7746/
Phetrom7744/
Pothron7740/
Poitron7736/
Phetran7732/
Petrant7730/
Perront7730/
Phetrun7730/
Pejrone7728/
Petrahn7726/
Pattron7724/
Pietran7720/
Petrunt7717/
Petrank7716/
Pettrom7710/
Peyront779/
Peasron778/
Pethran778/
Pehrzon778/
Phearon777/
Pearoon777/
Pearosn776/
Peirong776/
Pietrun776/
Pathron775/
Petrune774/
Paytron773/
Peirron773/
Pierzon772/
Petromc772/
Patroun772/
Perrond772/
Peareon771/
Peetrom771/
Perroon771/
Pherone771/
Pherron771/
Petruin771/
Petrunk771/
Pittron771/
Petrand771/
Petrône771/
Pestran771/
Perrohn771/
Perrojn771/
Perrotn771/
Peroine771/
Piotron771/
Pétrone771/
Perrron771/
Petrunh771/
Petrang771/
Peatran770/
Petrounova753/
Petrochenk751/
Petrouchin751/
Piron7311,017/
Peran733,071/
Pyron732,514/
Peroń73412/
Péron73305/
Perom73138/
Perán7337/
Perón7322/
Perão734/
Petrã731/
Preon731/
Perrotin712,469/
Perronne71328/
Peiroten71199/
Phetrung71119/
Peyronne71105/
Petracin7166/
Petrusin7160/
Perochin7130/
Phettrom7125/
Perottin718/
Petrusen718/
Petranck717/
Pethrung716/
Peronova715/
Peirotén715/
Petrasen714/
Petrucin714/
Peironne713/
Perochen713/
Petrasin712/
Pitrosin712/
Peroutin712/
Perrotín712/
Pettrang712/
Pistrong711/
Perroone711/
Perround711/
Petrosim711/
Perrrone711/
Petruşin711/
Pietrzan711/
Photroon711/
Phetreun711/
Phetratn711/
Phetrhom711/
Phetromk711/
Pechtrom711/
Pistrone710/
Peirrong710/
Pirone674,517/
Poiron671,749/
Peeran671,505/
Perane67902/
Petrunova67812/
Perang67784/
Perzan67760/
Petrushyn67699/
Phetrahan67601/
Pairon67502/
Petranova67494/
Patran67468/
Peyran67410/
Piront67395/
Peraan67331/
Pirron67316/
Pearan67304/
Pitran67272/
Petrussen67218/
Peiran67206/
Perran67198/
Petram67174/
Petranová67157/
Piroon67154/
Patrón67149/
Petránová67148/
Pirgon67116/
Phetrasen67116/
Pirong67115/
Pieroń67106/
Petrum6798/
Pitrun6796/
Petrachin6785/
Pătran6775/
Pitronová6763/
Pieran6760/
Potran6756/
Perhan6753/
Pirhon6748/
Pyrone6742/
Prehon6734/
Petruchin6730/
Patroń6729/
Perand6717/
Petrashyn6714/
Pheran6713/
Perank6713/
Phetrasin6712/
Pitroń6711/
Peirón6710/
Petruchen6710/
Pergan679/
Payron676/
Petrunová676/
Petruszyn675/
Phiron674/
Peraun674/
Peirão673/
Pitrón673/
Pherom672/
Peranh672/
Perroutin672/
Pioron672/
Pitrůn672/
Peurón672/
Peyrán672/
Perrottin672/
Perrón672/
Petrassen672/
Preone671/
Pereun671/
Pyrron671/
Peuran671/
Peyrón671/
Petrãd671/
Petrúñ671/
Peirán671/
Pironì671/
Pirzon671/
Pitronova671/
Pärzon671/
Potroñ671/
Piroun671/
Phetreung671/
Pherrhong671/
Pytrun671/
Pheatrung671/
Phaitrong671/
Perrotten670/
Puiron670/
Pearom670/
Preoin670/
Perann670/
Perrom670/

Petron Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petron in the Russian language
Петронpetron-
Petron in the Arabic language
بترونbtrwn-

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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 Petron
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