Petrovica Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Petrovica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 291 | 1:7,045 | 1,001 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Petroviča (1) are calculated separately.
Petrovica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrovica Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petrovica is found in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Petroviča. Click here for other possible spellings of Petrovica.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrovica? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petrovica is the 904,049th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Petrovica reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 7,045. In Latvia it is most common in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 48 percent are found, Latgale, where 37 percent are found and Riga Planning Region, where 11 percent are found. Barring Latvia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroviča | 96 | 1 | / |
| Petrovicza | 95 | 1 | / |
| Petrovicka | 95 | 1 | / |
| Petrovici | 89 | 3,769 | / |
| Petrevica | 89 | 49 | / |
| Petrovice | 89 | 7 | / |
| Petrovico | 89 | 2 | / |
| Petroveca | 89 | 2 | / |
| Petrèvica | 89 | 1 | / |
| Petrovická | 84 | 182 | / |
| Petrovický | 84 | 174 | / |
| Petrovichi | 84 | 91 | / |
| Petrovicki | 84 | 44 | / |
| Petroviche | 84 | 33 | / |
| Petrovicky | 84 | 23 | / |
| Piotrovica | 84 | 10 | / |
| Petrrovici | 84 | 1 | / |
| Petroviska | 84 | 1 | / |
| Petrovicho | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pedtrovice | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pietrovicci | 80 | 7 | / |
| Petrovichko | 80 | 2 | / |
| Petrovickij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petrovikj | 78 | 5 | / |
| Petroviki | 78 | 4 | / |
| Pitrevica | 78 | 2 | / |
| Pitrovici | 78 | 1 | / |
| Petrowiche | 74 | 9 | / |
| Petroveski | 74 | 9 | / |
| Petrovecki | 74 | 8 | / |
| Petrowichi | 74 | 4 | / |
| Petroviski | 74 | 3 | / |
| Petrovisky | 74 | 3 | / |
| Pietrowika | 74 | 2 | / |
| Pietrowice | 74 | 1 | / |
| Petrovikis | 74 | 1 | / |
| Petroviske | 74 | 1 | / |
| Petrowichy | 74 | 1 | / |
| Perawica | 71 | 9 | / |
| Piravica | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petrovitsos | 70 | 55 | / |
| Petrovitsis | 70 | 8 | / |
| Petrovitsou | 70 | 6 | / |
| Petravicuis | 70 | 1 | / |
| Phetrawichai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pitravisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petrovisquis | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Petrovica
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