The Petrella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,913 people carried this name — #10,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 101,000 people counted. That is up 19% from 2,442 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Petrella surname
From any of the various places in Italy called Petrella.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Petrella» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 244 people named Petrella 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Petrella.
Most of them — 37 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Vaucluse.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Petrella live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 print
Petrella in American newspapers,
1907–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 948 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Petrella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Clara Petrella 1914–1987 · opera singer
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Clara Petrella 1914–1987 · opera singer
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Giacomo Petrella d. 1274 · Catholic priest
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Enrico Petrella 1513–1577
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Bernardino Petrella 1529–1595
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Errico Petrella 1813–1877 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petrella.
- Petitti 645 · U.S. census
- Petkovic 296 · U.S. census
- Peton 141 · U.S. census
- Petra 270 · U.S. census
- Petras 1,562 · U.S. census
- Petre 1,496 · U.S. census
- Petrelli 422 · U.S. census
- Petri 3,115 · U.S. census
- Petrilli 654 · U.S. census
- Petrillo 4,179 · U.S. census
- Petrini 878 · U.S. census
- Petris 207 · U.S. census
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