Tracing the Petrelli Family Name

Wikidata records Petrelli as an Italian family name. Public name statistics give a good picture of the Petrelli surname.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Petrelli coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line.

Surname origin

No reliable dictionary entry explains Petrelli, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

The 2010 US Census counted 422 people named Petrelli, ranking it number 49,723 among American surnames. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country. French civil records give 173 births under the name Petrelli from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. Get the complete Petrelli report, with a museum-style coat of arms.