Petroula Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Petroula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 168 | 1:65,951 | 11,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Petroula (3,614) may also be a first name.
Petroula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petroula Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petroula is found most frequently in Greece. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petroula? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Petroula occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Petroula are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Petroula is also the 117,617th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 3,614 people.
The surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 65,951. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 55 percent reside, Peloponnese, where 40 percent reside and Thessaly, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Greece Petroula occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Petroula
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