Petraš Surname
Approximately 1,039 people bear this surname
Petraš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 543 | 1:13,158 | 1,566 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 156 | 1:22,669 | 3,849 |
| Czechia | 112 | 1:94,942 | 15,795 |
| Croatia | 103 | 1:41,054 | 8,198 |
| Slovenia | 69 | 1:36,053 | 6,874 |
| Slovakia | 39 | 1:136,832 | 24,940 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Petras (9,354), Petráš (2,531), Petraş (151), Petraș (75), Petraś (5), Petrás (902), Pétras (2), Petráś (1) & Pétrás (4) are calculated separately.
Petraš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petraš Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petraš is carried by more people in Serbia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Petras, Petráš, Petraş, Petraș, Petraś, Petrás, Pétras, Petráś or Pétrás. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Petraš? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petraš is the 351,042nd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,014,000 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petraš live; 84 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Serbia, where it is borne by 543 people, or 1 in 13,158. In Serbia it is most frequent in: South Banat District, where 64 percent live, South Bačka District, where 18 percent live and Central Banat District, where 6 percent live. Aside from Serbia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 15 percent live and Czechia, where 11 percent live.
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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 Petraš
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