Peterko Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Croatia

Peterko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1201:316,74036,993
Croatia241:176,19222,291
Ukraine211:2,167,747147,417
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Austria91:946,15970,786
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

The alternate forms: Peterkó (1) are calculated separately.

Peterko Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peterko Come From? nationality or country of origin

Peterko (Russian: Петерко) has its highest incidence in Poland. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Peterkó. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,202,518th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Peterko are found; 74 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 62 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Poland, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 316,740. Aside from Poland this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 12 percent live and Ukraine, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peterkó951/
Peterkoč932/
Peterka864,893/
Paterko86165/
Petreko868/
Poterko863/
Petyrko861/
Peterkau8010/
Petterka806/
Peterkaa801/
Petregko801/
Paterka71583/
Piterka71330/
Peterca71324/
Petarco71225/
Poterka7142/
Petreka716/
Petreco714/
Píterka713/
Petarka712/
Petercă712/
Potyrko712/
Potarko711/
Paterco711/
Péterka711/
Pitterka6736/
Petrecco6722/
Poterqoj6712/
Petrecká6710/
Poterqoi679/
Petrecka673/
Potercoi671/
Paaterka671/
Potercoj671/
Petirkas671/

Peterko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peterko in the Russian language
Петеркоpeterko-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peterko
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