Petrovac Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Petrovac Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petrovac Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina421:84,2007,949
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Serbia151:476,33019,508
Croatia141:302,04329,715
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Petrovac Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petrovac occurs most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrovac? popularity and diffusion

Petrovac is the 1,817,111th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Petrovac are found; 75 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Petrovac is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 84,200. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Petrovac is most frequent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 16 percent are found and Serbia, where 15 percent are found.

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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 Petrovac
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