How common is the surname Petrovich?

2,485 people in the United States had the surname Petrovich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. It ranked 12,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Petrovich?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Petrovich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Petrovich getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,485 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Petrovich

A surname, carried by 2,485 people in the United States.

3 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). Petrovich is more common than 92.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,485 people named Petrovich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,601.

#12,485

rank among US surnames

2,485

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,184)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,476	Beaupre	2,488	124,094
#12,482	Bade	2,487	124,144
#12,485	Lowrie	2,485	124,244
#12,488	Tuma	2,484	124,294
#12,491	Laplant	2,482	124,394

Who is named Petrovich

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

93% of people named Petrovich identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petrovich

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

Questions

How common is the surname Petrovich?: 2,485 people in the United States had the surname Petrovich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. It ranked 12,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petrovich?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Petrovich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Petrovich getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,485 in 2010, down 4.5%.