The Petrelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 422 people carried this name — #49,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 24% from 554 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 935 people named Petrelli 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 68 people named Petrelli.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Corsica.
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
45 people named Petrelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
Who carried it
People named Petrelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Petrelli 1873–1962 · Catholic priest -
Giuseppe Petrelli 1873–1962 · Catholic priest
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Carl Magnus Joachim Petrelli 1806–1889 · priest
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Johannes Petrelli 1853–1934 · military personnel
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Angelo Petrelli 1863–1923 · Catholic priest
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Gustav Petrelli 1876–1950 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petrelli.
- 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
- Petrella 2,913 · 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
- Petro 5,777 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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