View the most partisan surnames in The United States

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

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

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

Petras is the 54,390^th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 779,083 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Petras are found; 31 percent are found in North America and 31 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 28,161^st most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 29,617 people.

Petras is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,584 people, or 1 in 140,270. In The United States Petras is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 12 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 12 percent live and New York, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 64 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and Romania, where 14 percent live.

Petras Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Petras has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 32,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Petras Last Name Statistics ^demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Petras last name are 4.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.08% 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.