How common is the surname Petrie?

8,520 people in the United States had the surname Petrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,238 Americans. It ranked 4,159th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Petrie?

Flinders Petrie, British Egyptologist (1853–1942), followed by Donald Petrie.

Where is the surname Petrie most common?

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

Is the surname Petrie getting more or less common?

More common. 8,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,520 in 2010, up 3.5%.

Is Petrie also a first name?

Yes. Petrie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Petrie

A patronymic surname, carried by 8,520 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrie is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

From a Scots diminutive form of Peter and Patrick.

Petrie is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,520 people named Petrie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,238 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,234.

#4,159

rank among US surnames

8,520

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,958)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,154	McCorkle	8,529	36,200
#4,156	Wozniak	8,526	36,212
#4,157	Mosier	8,522	36,229
#4,159	Petrie	8,520	36,238

Who is named Petrie

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

91% of people named Petrie identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Petries

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Flinders Petrie
British Egyptologist (1853–1942)
Donald Petrie
American film director, born 1954
Alistair Petrie
British actor, born 1970
Geoff Petrie
American former basketball player (born 1948)
Hilda Petrie
British egyptologist and archaeologist (1871-1956)
Daniel Petrie
American film director, born 1951
Howard Petrie
Actor (1906-1968)

Notable Petries come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petrie

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

Questions

Where does the surname Petrie come from?: From a Scots diminutive form of Peter and Patrick.
How common is the surname Petrie?: 8,520 people in the United States had the surname Petrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,238 Americans. It ranked 4,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petrie?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Petrie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Petrie?: Flinders Petrie, British Egyptologist (1853–1942), followed by Donald Petrie.
Where is the surname Petrie most common?: Wikidata records people named Petrie in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Petrie?: Petrie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Petrie getting more or less common?: More common. 8,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,520 in 2010, up 3.5%.
Is Petrie also a first name?: Yes. Petrie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.