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The Petre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,496 people carried this name — #18,478 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,522 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Petre surname

From a medieval spelling variant of Peter.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Petre» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 790 people named Petre.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Paris 85
Ardennes 82
Haute-Loire 79
Aisne 57
Loire 38
Somme 34
Nord 33
Marne 31

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 599 people named Petre live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 121
Brussels-Capital 106
Namur 88
Liège 71
Hainaut 66
Walloon Brabant 61
Antwerp 41
East Flanders 21

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 155 people named Petre live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 95
Tucumán 26
Córdoba 23
City of Buenos Aires 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

58 people named Petre live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 24
Aargau 6
Schwyz 5
Vaud 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Lucerne 4
Valais 4
Fribourg 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

372 people named Petre is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 372

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Petre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gabriel Petre d. 1736 · politician
  • Robert Petre d. 1593 · politician
  • Louisa Frances Petre d. 1884
  • Patricia Josephine Corcoran d. 1990
  • Sybil Mary Petre d. 1937
  • Myra Millicent Willows d. 1984

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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