Explore the Family Name Petrea

The meaning of Petrea

Romanian: from a derivative of the personal name Petre or Petru, equivalents of Peter, formed with the suffix -ea.

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How common is the last name Petrea in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Petrea saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 37,429th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had dropped to 39,607th place, marking a change of -5.82%. The count of people with this surname also experienced a small decline, falling from 560 in 2000 to 555 in 2010. This change represents a dip of -0.89%. The proportion of people with the Petrea surname per 100,000 individuals decreased by -9.52%, moving from 0.21 in 2000 to 0.19 ten years later.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,429	#39,607	-5.82%
Count	560	555	-0.89%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Petrea

When looking at the ethnicity of those with the Petrea surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data showed a few shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals identifying as having this surname were White, making up 97.50% of the group in 2000 and 94.59% in 2010. However, there was a notable increase in the Hispanic representation within this surname, rising from 1.43% in 2000 to 2.16% in 2010, which denotes a 51.05% change. Additionally, in 2010, 1.26% identified as Black and 1.08% identified as belonging to two or more races, where these categories had not been represented in 2000. There were no changes noted for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.5%	94.59%	-2.98%
Hispanic	1.43%	2.16%	51.05%
Black	0%	1.26%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.08%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%