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    The surname Petrovic

    A Serbo-Croatian surname, carried by 1,895 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P361

    Petrovic: #15,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Petrovic #15,456, 1,895 people Petrovic: #15,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Petrovic #15,456, 1,895 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrovic is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    Serbo-Croatian origin

    Common Slavic surname, from Serbo-Croatian Petrović, Slovak and Slovene Petrovič, Czech Petrovič, all forms of Peter.

    One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,895 people named Petrovic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,496.

    #15,456
    rank among US surnames
    1,895
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,395)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,449Ivester1,896162,840
    #15,456Cadwallader1,895162,926
    #15,464Belz1,894163,012

    Who is named Petrovic

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

    96% of people named Petrovic identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Petrovics

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Božidar Petrović
      Association football player (1911-1937)
    • Boban Petrović
      Basketball player (1957–2021)

    Notable Petrovics come mostly from Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1) and Serbia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Petrovic

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

    Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

    All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Petrovic come from?
    Common Slavic surname, from Serbo-Croatian Petrović, Slovak and Slovene Petrovič, Czech Petrovič, all forms of Peter.
    How common is the surname Petrovic?
    1,895 people in the United States had the surname Petrovic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. It ranked 15,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Petrovic?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Petrovic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Petrovic?
    Božidar Petrović, association football player (1911-1937), followed by Boban Petrović.
    Where is the surname Petrovic most common?
    Wikidata records people named Petrovic in Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Serbia.
    Is the surname Petrovic getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,895 in 2010, up 27%.