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    The surname Petrocelli

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,123 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P362

    Petrocelli: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Petrocelli #22,809, 1,123 people Petrocelli: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Petrocelli #22,809, 1,123 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrocelli is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Petrocelli.

    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 1,123 people named Petrocelli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,068.

    #22,809
    rank among US surnames
    1,123
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,481)

    Who is named Petrocelli

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

    93% of people named Petrocelli identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Petrocelli

    Petrocelli has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Petrocelli come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Petrocelli.
    How common is the surname Petrocelli?
    1,123 people in the United States had the surname Petrocelli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. It ranked 22,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Petrocelli?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Petrocelli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Petrocelli getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,123 in 2010, up 5.1%.