Pedro Surname
Approximately 618,208 people bear this surname
Pedro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 409,764 | 1:66 | 6 |
| Mozambique | 95,169 | 1:286 | 39 |
| Brazil | 28,210 | 1:7,589 | 489 |
| Portugal | 21,787 | 1:478 | 85 |
| Mexico | 14,744 | 1:8,419 | 934 |
| Philippines | 11,584 | 1:8,739 | 810 |
| United States | 6,218 | 1:58,292 | 6,905 |
| South Africa | 5,022 | 1:10,788 | 1,349 |
| Nigeria | 4,225 | 1:41,927 | 3,312 |
| Guatemala | 2,888 | 1:5,569 | 741 |
| Spain | 2,367 | 1:19,752 | 2,174 |
| France | 2,018 | 1:32,915 | 3,992 |
| Argentina | 1,832 | 1:23,332 | 1,943 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Dominican Republic | 747 | 1:13,966 | 1,043 |
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Canada | 652 | 1:56,512 | 6,677 |
| Indonesia | 596 | 1:221,895 | 20,704 |
| England | 574 | 1:97,070 | 10,302 |
| Benin | 570 | 1:18,133 | 2,441 |
| Peru | 527 | 1:60,311 | 4,779 |
| Nicaragua | 462 | 1:13,033 | 812 |
| Namibia | 416 | 1:5,792 | 1,123 |
| Bolivia | 415 | 1:25,582 | 1,890 |
| Cuba | 402 | 1:28,663 | 1,516 |
| Zimbabwe | 398 | 1:38,790 | 5,998 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Algeria | 294 | 1:131,400 | 17,877 |
| Honduras | 256 | 1:34,439 | 1,055 |
| Russia | 256 | 1:562,981 | 50,475 |
| Guyana | 242 | 1:3,150 | 583 |
| Paraguay | 169 | 1:42,821 | 1,307 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 162 | 1:8,420 | 1,212 |
| Switzerland | 150 | 1:54,753 | 7,051 |
| Malaysia | 147 | 1:200,641 | 11,800 |
| Panama | 131 | 1:29,865 | 1,756 |
| Netherlands | 129 | 1:130,908 | 20,305 |
| Australia | 127 | 1:212,565 | 20,555 |
| Germany | 118 | 1:682,250 | 52,603 |
| Belgium | 116 | 1:99,109 | 15,136 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 103 | 1:1,723 | 216 |
| Venezuela | 91 | 1:331,913 | 7,350 |
| Colombia | 77 | 1:620,442 | 7,661 |
| United Arab Emirates | 74 | 1:123,814 | 10,355 |
| Israel | 73 | 1:117,228 | 12,979 |
| Bermuda | 70 | 1:933 | 148 |
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| Sweden | 65 | 1:151,489 | 10,616 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| American Samoa | 52 | 1:1,072 | 148 |
| Cape Verde | 51 | 1:10,385 | 373 |
| Italy | 51 | 1:1,199,151 | 74,752 |
| Liberia | 46 | 1:95,838 | 7,727 |
| Jamaica | 45 | 1:63,777 | 3,321 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Haiti | 41 | 1:260,583 | 8,998 |
| Marshall Islands | 39 | 1:1,329 | 343 |
| Ireland | 38 | 1:123,919 | 6,102 |
| Chile | 36 | 1:489,346 | 12,617 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Ecuador | 28 | 1:568,066 | 11,415 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 20 | 1:5,519 | 844 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 | 1:1,040,147 | 60,802 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 1:192,002 | 129 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Palau | 9 | 1:2,405 | 59 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 195 | 1:257,532 | 21,220 |
The alternate forms: Pedró (20), Pédro (8) & Pèdro (1) are calculated separately.
Pedro (6,446,070) may also be a first name.
Pedro Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Spanish form of Peter.
User-submitted Reference
Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese name for Peter. The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word, petra, meaning 'stone' or 'rock'. Pedroza means 'rocky'.
- jenelephantPedro Demographics
Average Male Pedro Height
172.95 cm
Average Female Pedro Height
162.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pedro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pedro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pedro (Arabic: بيدرو, Georgian: ფედრო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺪﺭﻭ, Hindi: पेद्रो, Marathi: पेडरो, Russian: Педро) is more frequently found in Angola than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Pedró, Pédro or Pèdro. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pedro? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 852nd most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,788 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Pedro live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 50th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 6,446,070 people.
The surname Pedro is most frequently held in Angola, where it is borne by 409,764 people, or 1 in 66. Barring Angola Pedro exists in 165 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 15 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
Pedro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pedro has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pedro last name rose 3,189 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,979 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pedro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Pedro last name is chiefly Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Pedro last name are 42.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.32% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pedro earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 33.33% less than the national average, earning 230,747 kr per year; in Peru they earn 18.04% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,887 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.76% less than the national average, earning R 207,324 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.76% less than the national average, earning $19,124,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.32% less than the national average, earning $39,128 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.87% more than the national average, earning $50,115 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedró | 93 | 20 | / |
| Pédro | 93 | 8 | / |
| Pèdro | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pedros | 91 | 3,804 | / |
| Peidro | 91 | 992 | / |
| Peydro | 91 | 395 | / |
| Pedrot | 91 | 157 | / |
| Pedroz | 91 | 72 | / |
| Peadro | 91 | 65 | / |
| Pedroß | 91 | 32 | / |
| Piedro | 91 | 27 | / |
| Pedroa | 91 | 23 | / |
| Pedrou | 91 | 17 | / |
| Pedrod | 91 | 10 | / |
| Pedroo | 91 | 7 | / |
| Peddro | 91 | 3 | / |
| Paedro | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ppedro | 91 | 2 | / |
| Pedroh | 91 | 2 | / |
| Petdro | 91 | 2 | / |
| Pedrro | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pedhro | 91 | 1 | / |
| Peudro | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pedrop | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pedruo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pedrgo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pedross | 83 | 315 | / |
| Pedrois | 83 | 6 | / |
| Peidroz | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pedrood | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pedroch | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pedrott | 83 | 5 | / |
| Phedrod | 83 | 4 | / |
| Pedroos | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pehdrod | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peudroj | 83 | 1 | / |
| D'pedro | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pedrosp | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pedra | 80 | 10,151 | / |
| Padro | 80 | 4,711 | / |
| Pidro | 80 | 415 | / |
| Podro | 80 | 32 | / |
| Pedrá | 80 | 6 | / |
| Piedra | 73 | 43,681 | / |
| Pedras | 73 | 1,646 | / |
| Pedraz | 73 | 935 | / |
| Padroo | 73 | 273 | / |
| Pedrós | 73 | 83 | / |
| Pedrau | 73 | 43 | / |
| Peidra | 73 | 28 | / |
| Pedrad | 73 | 27 | / |
| Pedrza | 73 | 22 | / |
| Peidró | 73 | 10 | / |
| Peydró | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pedrat | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pidrou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pedraa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pédros | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pedrah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peddra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poedra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pedrra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pidrop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Padroh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pidroh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pedraś | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pedráz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pedròs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pèdros | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pédrot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pìedra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pedrga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phaedra | 67 | 16 | / |
| Pedraut | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peadrat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pedrazs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phiedra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peadera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peidera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pedrash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pheadra | 67 | 0 | / |
Pedro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pedro in the Georgian language | ||
| ფედრო | pedro | - |
| Pedro in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﺪﺭﻭ | bydrw | - |
| Pedro in the Hindi language | ||
| पेद्रो | pedro | - |
| Pedro in the Marathi language | ||
| पेडरो | pedaro | 66.67 |
| पेद | peda | 16.67 |
| पेडो | pedo | 16.67 |
| Pedro in the Russian language | ||
| Педро | pedro | - |
| Pedro in the Arabic language | ||
| بيدرو | bydrw | - |
| بدرو | bdrw | - |
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