Petković Surname
Approximately 38,533 people bear this surname
Petković Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 28,929 | 1:247 | 27 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,555 | 1:776 | 97 |
| Croatia | 2,544 | 1:1,662 | 83 |
| Kosovo | 884 | 1:2,106 | 340 |
| Slovenia | 715 | 1:3,479 | 558 |
| Montenegro | 583 | 1:1,097 | 200 |
| North Macedonia | 300 | 1:7,005 | 1,241 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Petkovic (3,184) & Petkovič (147) are calculated separately.
Petković Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petković Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petković is most common in Serbia. It may appear as a variant: Petkovic or Petkovič. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petković? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,468th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 189,125 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Petković are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Serbia, where it is borne by 28,929 people, or 1 in 247. In Serbia it is most prevalent in: Nišava District, where 13 percent are found, Belgrade, where 13 percent are found and Jablanica District, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Serbia this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 12 percent are found and Croatia, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Petković
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