How common is the surname Petrella?

2,913 people in the United States had the surname Petrella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. It ranked 10,924th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Petrella?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Petrella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Petrella most common?

Wikidata records people named Petrella in the United States.

Is the surname Petrella getting more or less common?

More common. 2,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,913 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Petrella

An Italian surname, carried by 2,913 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P364

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrella is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Petrella.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,913 people named Petrella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,442.

#10,924

rank among US surnames

2,913

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+19.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,753)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,919	Philbrick	2,915	105,916
#10,923	Kirkendall	2,914	105,952
#10,924	Kiesel	2,913	105,989
#10,931	Cordon	2,912	106,025

Who is named Petrella

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Petrella identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Petrellas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ian Petrella
American actor, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petrella

Petrillo

Petrella has the Soundex code P364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P364.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Petrella come from?: Borrowed from Italian Petrella.
How common is the surname Petrella?: 2,913 people in the United States had the surname Petrella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,989 Americans. It ranked 10,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petrella?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Petrella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Petrella?: Ian Petrella, American actor.
Where is the surname Petrella most common?: Wikidata records people named Petrella in the United States.
Is the surname Petrella getting more or less common?: More common. 2,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,913 in 2010, up 19%.