Petro is used as a family name or surname in Tanzania. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Petro
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Tanzania
Meaning: Variant of the Italian Pietro (= Peter, first name). The name is quite rare in Italy, where it is much more common as Petri. By cons, there are many Petro in Martinique and Guadeloupe.

How popular is Petro?

Petro is common in Tanzania.

Petro is ranked 5475 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Petros plummeted by 1.078767 per cent to 5777 since 2000 and slipped by 484 spots and ranked at 5957. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.39 95.07
Hispanic or Latino 3.1 1.71
Black 1.54 1.08
Others 1.14 1.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.21 0.27
Petro is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Tanzania which signifies that it is originated from Tanzania. Around 100031 people have been found who wears Petro as their family name. Petro is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
14,580 Iran5
2,980 Malawi4
16,136 Kenya3
20,541 Peru3
14,521 Portugal2
54,641 Sweden2
3,014 Taiwan2
1,472 The Bahamas2
44,018 Poland2
54,135 Philippines2
23,344 Austria2
20,595 China2
14,621 Croatia2
10,284 Kuwait2
6,266 Luxembourg2
2,617 Cambodia2
1,169 New Caledonia2
34,681 Norway2
5,589 Sudan1
8,859 Iraq1
5,872 Namibia1
9,498 Iceland1
7,941 Guatemala1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
49,101 Denmark1
24,176 Qatar1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,211 Brunei1
7,110 Bosnia1
7,314 Bolivia1
9,591 Panama1
31,207 Ireland1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
7,895 South Korea1
38,830 Morocco1
40,340 Malaysia1
4,435 Togo1
2,935 Madagascar1
6,967 Macedonia1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
573 Vanuatu1
38,841 Scotland1
7,790 Zambia1
17,768 Pakistan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
11,896 Serbia41
28,564 Switzerland36
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
17,064 New Zealand31
8,210 Burkina Faso30
52,530 Belgium22
78,557 Netherlands13
393,760 Indonesia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,068 Lithuania90
14,658 Israel71
159,687 Russia62
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Petro:
7,365 South Africa877
597 Albania828
1,368 Jordan771
16,686 Italy627
17,058 France563
5,757 Romania397
14,022 Mexico288
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
14,011 Canada268
7,646 Greece246
43,536 Germany235
6,997 Venezuela226
23,599 Argentina224
28,709 England161
122,055 India158
35,243 Ukraine151
23,773 Spain117
5,943 Ecuador115
15,962 Czech Republic109
23,719 Australia102
Countries with thousands of Petro:
5,717 United States6,873
1,024 Colombia5,188
887 Hungary1,440
10,591 Brazil1,288
1,409 Zimbabwe1,148
446 Slovakia1,088
6,094 Egypt1,021
Countries with ten thousands of Petro:
58 Tanzania74,632
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer Angelo Petro from Italy aboard the Italia from Palermo. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in New York on April 9, 1883. C.D. Petro (23) Laborer, Miner Marces Petro, Laborer Vincenzo Petro, are other Petro that migrated to US from Liverpool, La Guaira & Puerto Cabello and Naples.

Petro Namesakes

  • Tigran L. Petrosian, Chess Player
  • Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Engineer
  • Beyene Petros, Professor
  • Adelina Hristova Petrova, Itso Hazarta's daughter
  • Michael Petroni, Film writer
  • Danail Petrov, Professional Road Racing Cyclist
  • Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska, Composer
  • Aleksandar Petrović, Musical artist
  • Alekos Petroulas, Basketball Player
  • Avram Petronijević, Politician
  • Christina Petro portrayed minor character of Rob's Mom in 0 sci-fi film Holograms.

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