Petra Forename
523rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,432,404 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Czechia
Petra Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: A rock.
Petra Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 770,755 | 1:125 | 17 |
| Mexico | 100% | 174,607 | 1:711 | 137 |
| Czechia | 100% | 109,114 | 1:98 | 25 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 68,474 | 1:247 | 23 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 57,191 | 1:528 | 63 |
| Austria | 100% | 34,689 | 1:245 | 61 |
| United States | 100% | 31,450 | 1:11,527 | 1,173 |
| Spain | 100% | 19,515 | 1:2,384 | 315 |
| Sweden | 100% | 14,316 | 1:689 | 128 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 13,511 | 1:608 | 133 |
| Hungary | 100% | 11,958 | 1:819 | 124 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 11,500 | 1:214 | 34 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10,174 | 1:1,129 | 270 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9,129 | 1:462 | 118 |
| Philippines | 99% | 7,010 | 1:15,123 | 1,758 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 6,260 | 1:563 | 127 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 5,753 | 1:1,215 | 242 |
| England | 100% | 5,430 | 1:10,240 | 806 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5,393 | 1:985 | 144 |
| Finland | 100% | 4,574 | 1:1,199 | 256 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,268 | 1:4,153 | 506 |
| South Africa | 98% | 3,405 | 1:16,015 | 2,383 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,297 | 1:78,242 | 9,188 |
| Angola | - | 2,969 | 1:9,083 | 1,103 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,879 | 1:3,623 | 564 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,872 | 1:11,537 | 1,285 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,604 | 1:7,700 | 654 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2,230 | 1:3,204 | 453 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,101 | 1:1,690 | 229 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,994 | 1:30,623 | 1,063 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,980 | 1:1,973 | 396 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,963 | 1:2,615 | 425 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1,802 | 1:1,160 | 241 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 90% | 1,718 | 1:662 | 178 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,629 | 1:16,566 | 1,344 |
| Australia | - | 1,534 | 1:8,903 | 892 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,482 | 1:47,278 | 5,172 |
| France | 100% | 1,173 | 1:56,667 | 1,627 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,133 | 1:42,170 | 2,084 |
| Portugal | - | 1,070 | 1:9,730 | 603 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,019 | 1:90,187 | 4,233 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,006 | 1:212,958 | 9,313 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 962 | 1:8,474 | 865 |
| Denmark | - | 935 | 1:6,042 | 645 |
| Namibia | - | 855 | 1:2,812 | 498 |
| Argentina | 100% | 707 | 1:60,500 | 1,520 |
| Poland | 93% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Greece | 100% | 612 | 1:17,867 | 925 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Cuba | - | 554 | 1:20,770 | 1,082 |
| Uganda | 100% | 538 | 1:76,128 | 3,874 |
| New Zealand | - | 534 | 1:8,494 | 964 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 534 | 1:2,549 | 492 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 507 | 1:350,226 | 12,391 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 424 | 1:13,273 | 1,237 |
| India | 73% | 385 | 1:3,155,527 | 141,178 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Cameroon | 78% | 348 | 1:62,099 | 3,786 |
| Ireland | 100% | 326 | 1:14,244 | 851 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 313 | 1:121 | 20 |
| Wales | 100% | 271 | 1:11,418 | 859 |
| Peru | 100% | 262 | 1:121,341 | 3,994 |
| Scotland | 100% | 259 | 1:20,658 | 990 |
| Malta | - | 244 | 1:1,760 | 345 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Malawi | 100% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Russia | 94% | 212 | 1:680,348 | 6,716 |
| Aruba | - | 180 | 1:577 | 82 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 154 | 1:1,012 | 293 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 152 | 1:200,329 | 11,573 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 145 | 1:1,226 | 200 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 132 | 1:4,273 | 502 |
| Tanzania | 95% | 131 | 1:402,964 | 12,539 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 126 | 1:361,110 | 1,799 |
| Iceland | 100% | 109 | 1:3,358 | 468 |
| Bahamas | - | 108 | 1:3,698 | 660 |
| Belarus | 100% | 101 | 1:93,885 | 988 |
| Kosovo | - | 101 | 1:18,430 | 2,172 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 100 | 1:6,346 | 859 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 96 | 1:512 | 103 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 94 | 1:164,083 | 10,419 |
| Micronesia | - | 90 | 1:1,183 | 175 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 88 | 1:183,050 | 2,913 |
| Congo | 86% | 86 | 1:58,247 | 4,249 |
| Jamaica | - | 78 | 1:36,964 | 2,343 |
| Chile | 100% | 72 | 1:244,545 | 4,080 |
| Grenada | 100% | 72 | 1:1,502 | 315 |
| Estonia | 100% | 68 | 1:19,344 | 1,653 |
| China | - | 67 | 1:20,388,892 | 60,391 |
| Jordan | 100% | 63 | 1:140,108 | 2,330 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 62 | 1:1,190,768 | 33,715 |
| Barbados | - | 61 | 1:4,751 | 744 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 53 | 1:2,071 | 420 |
| Zambia | - | 53 | 1:299,147 | 8,761 |
| Guyana | 100% | 50 | 1:15,265 | 2,051 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 47 | 1:2,374 | 451 |
| Moldova | 100% | 45 | 1:79,136 | 1,109 |
| Iraq | 100% | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| Singapore | - | 43 | 1:146,211 | 7,964 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 42 | 1:143,294 | 4,249 |
| Turkey | 93% | 38 | 1:2,047,413 | 14,402 |
| Qatar | 89% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Hong Kong | - | 34 | 1:228,021 | 3,365 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 30 | 1:1,087,451 | 12,872 |
| Kenya | - | 30 | 1:1,543,570 | 19,909 |
| Albania | 100% | 29 | 1:105,054 | 7,159 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 23 | 1:310,956 | 16,417 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 22 | 1:216,725 | 4,817 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 21 | 1:1,131,890 | 40,612 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 20 | 1:171,382 | 3,429 |
| Israel | 100% | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 17 | 1:108,420 | 1,523 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Syria | - | 9 | 1:2,145,119 | 4,120 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Benin | 100% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Lesotho | - | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Latvia | 100% | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Pétra (29) & Pètra (1) are calculated separately.
Petra (6,117) may also be a surname.
Petra Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: A rock.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Petra Forename Popularity
Petra Demographics
Average Petra Salary in
United States
$36,734 USD
Per year
Rank:
299,295 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00825057
Rank: 1,143 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
84.39%
Sample size: 18,515 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Petra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Petra in the Russian language | ||
| Петра | petra | - |
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