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    The surname Petrey

    A surname, carried by 2,187 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P360

    Petrey: #13,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Petrey #13,824, 2,187 people Petrey: #13,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Petrey #13,824, 2,187 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrey is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,187 people named Petrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,173 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,065.

    #13,824
    rank among US surnames
    2,187
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,503)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,815O'Rear2,188141,109
    #13,824Petrey2,187141,173
    #13,830Gammons2,186141,238

    Who is named Petrey

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

    96% of people named Petrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Petrey

    Petrey has the Soundex code P360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Petrey?
    2,187 people in the United States had the surname Petrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,173 Americans. It ranked 13,824th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Petrey?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Petrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Petrey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,187 in 2010, up 5.9%.