Petruca Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Petruca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 149 | 1:134,751 | 14,596 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Petrucă (1) & Petruça (1) are calculated separately.
Petruca (25) may also be a first name.
Petruca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petruca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Petruca is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Petrucă or Petruça. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petruca? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petruca is the 1,369,340th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. Petruca is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Petruca reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Petruca is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 25 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 134,751. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Maramureș County, where 44 percent live, Sibiu County, where 29 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 13 percent live. Excluding Romania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent live and Italy, where 2 percent live.
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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 Petruca
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