How common is the surname Petroski?

1,194 people in the United States had the surname Petroski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,581 Americans. It ranked 21,774th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Petroski?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Petroski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Petroski getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,194 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Petroski

A surname, carried by 1,194 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petroski is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,194 people named Petroski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,581 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,357.

#21,774

rank among US surnames

1,194

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-12%

change since 2000 (was #18,701)

Who is named Petroski

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

96% of people named Petroski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petroski

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

Questions

How common is the surname Petroski?: 1,194 people in the United States had the surname Petroski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,581 Americans. It ranked 21,774th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petroski?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Petroski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Petroski getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,194 in 2010, down 12%.