The Petris surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 198 people carried this name — #87,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 198 people named Petris.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Martinique.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 178 people named Petris 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 Chaco.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Petris live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petris.
- Petrella 2,442 · U.S. census
- Petrelli 554 · U.S. census
- Petri 2,885 · U.S. census
- Petrilli 759 · U.S. census
- Petrillo 3,930 · U.S. census
- Petrini 826 · U.S. census
- Petro 5,840 · U.S. census
- Petrocchi 104 · U.S. census
- Petroff 1,964 · U.S. census
- Petron 537 · U.S. census
- Petrone 3,729 · U.S. census
- Petroni 423 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Petris is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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