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    The surname Petruzzi

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P362

    Petruzzi: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Petruzzi #23,019, 1,110 people Petruzzi: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Petruzzi #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petruzzi is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Petruzzi.

    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 1,110 people named Petruzzi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,074.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,370)

    Who is named Petruzzi

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

    95% of people named Petruzzi identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Petruzzi

    Petruzzi 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 Petruzzi come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Petruzzi.
    How common is the surname Petruzzi?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Petruzzi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Petruzzi?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Petruzzi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Petruzzi getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 3.4%.