Petrosel Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Petrosel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 201 | 1:99,890 | 11,370 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
The alternate forms: Petroşel (1) are calculated separately.
Petrosel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrosel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petrosel has its highest incidence in Romania. It can also be rendered as a variant: Petroşel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrosel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petrosel is the 1,159,732nd most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Petrosel reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
The surname Petrosel is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 99,890. In Romania Petrosel is primarily concentrated in: Buzău County, where 58 percent live, Olt County, where 15 percent live and Prahova County, where 13 percent live. Outside of Romania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live.
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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
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