How common is the surname Petroff?

2,018 people in the United States had the surname Petroff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,996 Americans. It ranked 14,724th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Petroff?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Petroff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Petroff getting more or less common?

More common. 1,964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,018 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Petroff

A Bulgarian surname, carried by 2,018 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P361

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petroff is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Bulgarian origin

Derived from Bulgarian Петров (Petrov) or Russian Петро́в (Petróv).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,018 people named Petroff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,996 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,964.

#14,724

rank among US surnames

2,018

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,069)

Who is named Petroff

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

94% of people named Petroff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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 Petroff

Petroff has the Soundex code P361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P361.

Questions

Where does the surname Petroff come from?: Derived from Bulgarian Петров (Petrov) or Russian Петро́в (Petróv).
How common is the surname Petroff?: 2,018 people in the United States had the surname Petroff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,996 Americans. It ranked 14,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petroff?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Petroff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Petroff getting more or less common?: More common. 1,964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,018 in 2010, up 2.7%.