Petrosan Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Petrosan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petrosan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania951:211,34620,786
Russia611:2,362,673139,353
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Armenia41:732,54511,666
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

The alternate forms: Petrošan (2) & Petroşan (1) are calculated separately.

Petrosan Last Name Facts

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

Petrosan occurs most in Romania. It may occur as: Petrošan or Petroşan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrosan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,263,456th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname Petrosan is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Petrosan are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 52 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 211,346. In Romania Petrosan is primarily found in: Brașov County, where 63 percent live, Hunedoara County, where 29 percent live and Constanța County, where 4 percent live. Outside of Romania this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 34 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Petrosan Last Name Statistics demography

Petrosan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 99.17% more than the national average, earning $85,938 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
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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 Petrosan
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