Petulla
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Petulla is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 2.4M(measured from records)
- GHGhana≈1 in 145K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 165K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ghana (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 104 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 145K (inferred from the name graph)
≈200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Petulla counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH Ghana | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 145K | — | Petulla | 1 |
| AR Argentina | 174 | 1 in 261K | 174 | — | — |
| IT Italy | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 399K | listed | Petulla | 12 |
| US United States | 141 | 1 in 2.4M | 141 | Petulla | 104 |
| FR France | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 952K | 10 | — | 1 |
| SG Singapore | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 165K | — | Petulla | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | 14 | 1 in 600K | 14 | Petulla | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the xinhua-italian-manual register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Getterb. 1993USnot in their usual nameAmerican electronic music producer and DJ
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 174 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 141 | #122,314 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 130 | #134,631 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 110 | #139,757 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 14 | #47,506 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 1 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Petulla have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 203 people named Petulla in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled petulla.
- How common is the name Petulla?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 174 people named Petulla, about 1 in 261 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/petullaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Petulla”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.