Petruzzelli Surname

109,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Petruzzelli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petruzzelli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2,8751:21,2723,697
United States1,0271:352,93031,609
Argentina1081:395,77230,408
England441:1,266,32057,817
France421:1,581,493147,826
Canada371:995,82774,831
Australia331:818,05251,601
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Wales41:773,63329,106
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

The alternate forms: Pétruzzelli (1) are calculated separately.

Petruzzelli (21) may also be a first name.

Petruzzelli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petruzzelli is carried by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Pétruzzelli. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petruzzelli? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 109,808th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,720,384 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Petruzzelli reside; 68 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 68 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.

This last name is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 2,875 people, or 1 in 21,272. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Apulia, where 66 percent are found, Piedmont, where 7 percent are found and Lazio, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Italy this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Argentina, where 3 percent are found.

Petruzzelli Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petruzzelli surname are 1.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.63% registered with the political party.

The amount Petruzzelli earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 39.46% less than the national average, earning €18,179 per year; in United States they earn 28.24% more than the national average, earning $55,334 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.45% more than the national average, earning $50,402 CAD per year.

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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 Petruzzelli
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