Petkos Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Petkos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petkos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3071:36,0915,717
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England51:11,143,612252,590
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

The alternate forms: Petkoš (18) are calculated separately.

Petkos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petkos occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Petkoš. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petkos? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 739,868th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. The surname Petkos is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Petkos live; 79 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 36,091. In Greece Petkos is mostly concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 76 percent reside, East Macedonia and Thrace, where 15 percent reside and Attica, where 7 percent reside. Besides Greece this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Petkos Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Petkos earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 26.76% more than the national average, earning $54,694 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.78% more than the national average, earning $58,018 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petkoš9418/
Petkosh9240/
Pietkos921/
Petkus832,767/
Patkos83219/
Petkas83148/
Petcos8313/
Pytkos831/
Phetkhose801/
Petkash7779/
Pettkus7774/
Phetkas777/
Patkosh774/
Petkuse773/
Pietkus772/
Pethkas771/
Patkás67268/
Petcas67111/
Patkas6763/
Patkoš6757/
Pitkus6732/
Pitkas6729/
Potkas6718/
Petkáč677/
Podkos675/
Petkač671/
Petcash6215/
Pydkots624/
Pitkasz621/
Patkash621/
Patcas50434/
Podkas50166/
Pitcox50121/
Pidkus507/
Padkas504/
Patkóš503/
Petcaş501/
Pitcus501/

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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
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  • 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 Petkos
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