Petronia Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Aruba

Petronia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petronia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1981:373,12932,235
Aruba421:2,464355
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Curaçao41:39,312638
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Petronia (6,815) may also be a first name.

Petronia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petronia is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petronia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Petronia is the 919,444th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name Petronia is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Petronia live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Petronia is also the 78,957th most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 6,815 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Aruba, where 15 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside.

Petronia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Petronia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Petronia last name expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Petronia
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