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Where Does The Last Name Petras Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Petras (Arabic: بتراس, Marathi: पेतरस, Russian: Петрас) is found most in The United States. It can be found as: Petraš, Petrás, Petraş, Petraș, Petraś, Pétras, Petráš, Pétrás or Petráś. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petras? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 54,390^th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 779,083 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Petras live; 31 percent live in North America and 31 percent live in Anglo-North America. Petras is also the 28,161^st most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 29,617 people.

The last name Petras is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,584 people, or 1 in 140,270. In The United States Petras is most common in: Ohio, where 12 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 12 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 64 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Romania, where 14 percent are found.

Petras Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Petras has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Petras surname grew 32,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petras Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (60%) in Russia, Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon and Christian (47%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Petras surname are 4.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.08% being registered with the party.

The amount Petras earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 154.5% more than the national average, earning S/. 49,334 per year; in United States they earn 1.69% more than the national average, earning $43,877 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1% more than the national average, earning $50,182 CAD per year.