The Petrovic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,895 people carried this name — #15,456 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 27% from 1,496 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Petrovic surname
Common Slavic surname, from Serbo-Croatian Petrović, Slovak and Slovene Petrovič, Czech Petrovič, all forms of Peter.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Petrovic» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,690 people named Petrovic live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 327 people named Petrovic.
Most of them — 288 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 76 people named Petrovic 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 West Flanders.
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.
In Poland’s population register
44 people named Petrovic have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 164 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
1,421 people named Petrovic are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Petrovic in American newspapers,
1910–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Petrovic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stefan Petrovic 1993– · association football player -
Aleksandar Petrovic 1917–1944 · student
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Paul Petrovic 1920–1984 · university teacher
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Liliana Petrovic 1942– · artist
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Jan Petrovic 1980– · artistic gymnast
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Andrej Petrovic 1981– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 28 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petrovic.
- Petron 431 · U.S. census
- Petrone 3,854 · U.S. census
- Petroni 327 · U.S. census
- Petronio 430 · U.S. census
- Petrou 369 · U.S. census
- Petrov 2,129 · U.S. census
- Petrovitch 120 · U.S. census
- Petrucci 3,012 · U.S. census
- Petrus 2,100 · U.S. census
- Petruzzi 1,110 · U.S. census
- Petry 5,538 · U.S. census
- Pett 1,065 · U.S. census
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