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Is Petru a Male or Female Name?

Petru is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Petru globally is 97.2% males and 2.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Moldova with 99.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Romania with 2.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Petru in percentages: Globally: 97.2% males, 2.8% females, Italy: 98.9% males, 1.1% females, Romania: 97.5% males, 2.5% females, Moldova: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, France: 98.8% males, 1.2% females, United Kingdom: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, Spain: 98.1% males, 1.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Petru are 65+ years old, making up 23.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Petru in each age group: 18-24: 6.0%, 25-34: 18.5%, 35-44: 14.8%, 45-54: 18.8%, 55-64: 18.2%, 65+: 23.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Petru is Moldova with 0.3232% of the population. Following is Romania and Italy.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Petru measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Petru year over year: 1956: 0.0021‰, 1957: 0.0017‰, 1958: 0.0024‰, 1959: 0.0015‰, 1960: 0.0012‰, 1961: 0.0018‰, 1962: 0.001‰, 1963: 0.0016‰, 1964: 0.001‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.0014‰, 1967: 0.0019‰, 1968: 0.0018‰, 1969: 0.0021‰, 1970: 0.0015‰, 1971: 0.0018‰, 1972: 0.0015‰, 1973: 0.0018‰, 1974: 0.0018‰, 1975: 0.0014‰, 1976: 0.0015‰, 1977: 0.0017‰, 1978: 0.0016‰, 1979: 0.0011‰, 1980: 0.0008‰, 1981: 0.0012‰, 1982: 0.0012‰, 1983: 0.0013‰, 1984: 0.0015‰, 1985: 0.0014‰, 1986: 0.0011‰, 1987: 0.0013‰, 1988: 0.0012‰, 1989: 0.0012‰, 1990: 0.0013‰, 1991: 0.0016‰, 1992: 0.0018‰, 1993: 0.0017‰, 1994: 0.0015‰, 1995: 0.0014‰, 1996: 0.0014‰, 1997: 0.0013‰, 1998: 0.0024‰, 1999: 0.0003‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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