The Petrone surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,729 people carried this name — #8,183 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 138 people named Petrone.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
137 people named Petrone live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Petrone 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petrone.
- Petrini 826 · U.S. census
- Petris 198 · 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
- Petroni 423 · U.S. census
- Petronio 408 · U.S. census
- Petrou 365 · U.S. census
- Petrov 1,257 · U.S. census
- Petrovic 1,496 · U.S. census
- Petrovitch 112 · U.S. census
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