# Petrie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/petrie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,520 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,159 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,238 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (8,234 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a Scots diminutive form of Peter and Patrick.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Petrie in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Petrie in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Petrie

- Flinders Petrie, British Egyptologist (1853–1942)
- Donald Petrie, American film director
- Alistair Petrie, British actor
- Geoff Petrie, American former basketball player (born 1948)
- Hilda Petrie, British egyptologist and archaeologist (1871-1956)
- Daniel Petrie, American film director
- Howard Petrie, actor (1906-1968)

## Similar surnames

Peter, Pitre, Petro, Petry, Petri, Petree, Petrey, Petre, Pettry, Potter, Pedro, Piedra.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.