Petroyan Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Petroyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Petroyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petroyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petroyan (Russian: Петроян) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petroyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Petroyan is the 4,772,636th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Petroyan live; 53 percent live in Eastern Europe and 53 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Petroyan is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 14,412,306. In Russia Petroyan is most numerous in: Saint Petersburg, where 20 percent live, Kirov Oblast, where 10 percent live and Krasnodar Krai, where 10 percent live. Apart from Russia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Armenia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Petroyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petroyan in the Russian language | ||
| Петроян | petroan | - |
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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 Petroyan
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