Petronilla Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Petronilla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petronilla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Petronilla (5,897) may also be a first name.

Petronilla Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petronilla is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Petronilla.

How Common Is The Last Name Petronilla? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,944,094th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Petronilla reside; 32 percent reside in Central Africa and 32 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Petronilla is also the 86,671st most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 5,897 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Petronilla is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent reside, Centre Region, where 7 percent reside and Far North Region, where 7 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent reside and Italy, where 9 percent reside.

Petronilla Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Petronilla
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