Petko Forename

27,756th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 30,205 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Petko Forename User-submission:

Petko is a masculine name, which has two origins.

(Bulgarian) Петко, from петък (petak), meaning 'Friday'.

(Macedonian) Петко, from петок (petok), meaning 'Friday'.

Petko Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria
100%
22,6251:30956
North Macedonia
100%
2,5561:818176
Serbia
100%
1,7861:4,001522
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
1,6521:2,133512
Montenegro
100%
3351:1,894371
United States
100%
2621:1,383,72926,022
Greece
100%
1471:74,3852,245
Spain
100%
1111:419,1895,821
Kosovo-1061:17,5612,115
England
100%
911:611,02112,120
Croatia
100%
871:48,4721,708
Germany
100%
771:1,255,5578,911
Slovenia
100%
611:40,3081,853
Russia
100%
441:3,278,03918,568
Switzerland
100%
331:248,8945,304
Austria
100%
321:266,0693,412
Canada
100%
221:1,506,06225,244
Denmark-151:376,6336,579
Czechia
97%
 
141:761,1543,032
Sweden
100%
121:821,49217,584
Finland
70%
 
111:498,4715,769
South Africa
100%
91:6,059,183119,004
Ukraine
100%
91:5,055,5458,900
Israel
89%
 
91:933,65813,501
Albania
100%
81:380,82115,237
Slovakia-71:758,5803,008
Norway
100%
71:733,19011,461
Hungary
81%
 
71:1,398,8243,444
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Belgium
100%
61:1,915,00718,066
Italy
100%
51:12,212,41834,417
Brazil-51:42,847,231319,361
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Wales
100%
41:773,5778,486
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Romania-21:10,025,98847,037
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042

Petko (4,050) may also be a surname.

Petko Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Petko is a masculine name, which has two origins.

(Bulgarian) Петко, from петък (petak), meaning 'Friday'.

(Macedonian) Петко, from петок (petok), meaning 'Friday'.

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Petko Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

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Petkoop831/
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Patko8025/
Petco8013/
Pitko806/
Pytko801/
Pedko801/
Potko801/
Pet'ka737/
Pietka734/
Phitko733/
Petqos733/
Petcos731/
Pedyko731/
Poetka731/
Pestco731/
Pedkoo731/
Peitka731/
Paitko731/
Paatko731/
Patkoo731/
Paiteko678/
Pwtk672/
Patkhoo671/
Patkhoi671/

Petko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petko in the Russian language
Петькоpetko-

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