Petrovič Surname
Approximately 3,308 people bear this surname
Petrovič Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 1,612 | 1:1,543 | 129 |
| Slovakia | 1,227 | 1:4,349 | 284 |
| Czechia | 250 | 1:42,534 | 7,048 |
| Lithuania | 150 | 1:20,231 | 3,663 |
| Serbia | 59 | 1:121,101 | 9,095 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Petrović (143,604), Petrovic (17,313), Petroviç (10), Petrovíč (1) & Pétrovic (1) are calculated separately.
Petrovič Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrovič Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petrovič has its highest incidence in Slovenia. It can be rendered as a variant: Petrović, Petrovic, Petroviç, Petrovíč or Pétrovic. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrovič? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 135,802nd most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,203,007 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petrovič live; 51 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 51 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 1,612 people, or 1 in 1,543. In Slovenia Petrovič is mostly found in: Drava, where 60 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 11 percent are found and Savinja, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Slovenia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 37 percent are found and Czechia, where 8 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
- 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 Petrovič
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