Petronia Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Petronia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Aruba | 42 | 1:2,464 | 355 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
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 surname Petronia is found most in The DR Congo. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petronia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 919,444th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name Petronia is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Petronia reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 78,957th most commonly used given name globally It is held by 6,815 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Besides The DR Congo this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Aruba, where 15 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 11 percent are found.
Petronia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Petronia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petronia last name rose 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrounia | 94 | 33 | / |
| Petronias | 94 | 6 | / |
| Peronia | 93 | 83 | / |
| Petrounias | 89 | 7 | / |
| Petronio | 88 | 4,901 | / |
| Petrunia | 88 | 1,144 | / |
| Peronnia | 88 | 78 | / |
| Patronia | 88 | 73 | / |
| Petrania | 88 | 26 | / |
| Petrenia | 88 | 25 | / |
| Peroniat | 88 | 20 | / |
| Petronya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Peirounia | 82 | 14 | / |
| Peronniat | 82 | 8 | / |
| Petrosnya | 82 | 6 | / |
| Petrounea | 82 | 4 | / |
| Petronios | 82 | 4 | / |
| Petroniho | 82 | 3 | / |
| Petrunnia | 82 | 1 | / |
| Peerounia | 82 | 1 | / |
| Perania | 80 | 298 | / |
| Peronja | 80 | 274 | / |
| Peronio | 80 | 205 | / |
| Perogna | 80 | 17 | / |
| Pironia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peirounias | 78 | 4 | / |
| Petrunya | 75 | 518 | / |
| Petrunio | 75 | 42 | / |
| Patronio | 75 | 18 | / |
| Pirongia | 75 | 13 | / |
| Petrônio | 75 | 12 | / |
| Perronio | 75 | 11 | / |
| Petranja | 75 | 11 | / |
| Petrunja | 75 | 8 | / |
| Petrogno | 75 | 7 | / |
| Petronho | 75 | 6 | / |
| Petroneo | 75 | 3 | / |
| Petranio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Petrónio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pyrounia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peeronio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Petrunea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Petrenio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Patrenia | 75 | 0 | / |
| Petronijeić | 74 | 1 | / |
| Peronneau | 71 | 170 | / |
| Peroña | 71 | 125 | / |
| Pirooynia | 71 | 39 | / |
| Pironnias | 71 | 18 | / |
| Piroutnia | 71 | 14 | / |
| Peranijah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Petruniot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petrônios | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pirounias | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peranio | 67 | 309 | / |
| Pironio | 67 | 231 | / |
| Peronho | 67 | 24 | / |
| Peragna | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pirania | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pironea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pironha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Peroneo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peranha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pironya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peronjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petroño | 67 | 1 | / |
| Perônio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peranya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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