Petrenko Surname

4,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129,290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Petrenko Surname User-submission:

Petrenko is a Ukrainian surname, denoting a descendant of Petr or Petro (via Greek petros, meaning 'stone').

Petrenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia61,8311:2,331218
Ukraine54,5571:83421
Kazakhstan5,5941:3,161393
Belarus2,9301:3,243348
United States9101:398,30734,877
Kyrgyzstan6421:9,3031,714
Uzbekistan4301:71,9286,394
Transnistria3291:1,443150
Latvia1941:10,5671,554
Israel1851:46,2576,172
Canada1781:206,99820,123
Moldova1541:23,1263,880
Turkmenistan1481:37,089692
Estonia1191:11,1081,602
Spain1151:406,53922,087
Lithuania1141:26,6194,723
Germany1021:789,26958,234
Azerbaijan921:104,8823,562
Georgia911:41,1605,655
France841:790,74795,785
Brazil701:3,058,20588,974
Australia461:586,86342,409
Tajikistan411:204,5531,909
England381:1,466,26563,675
Poland291:1,310,64781,985
Slovakia281:190,58832,093
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Armenia181:162,7884,827
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Bulgaria141:498,49322,004
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Abkhazia111:22,0791,981
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Norway71:734,61250,907
Finland71:785,24338,644
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
China21:683,660,78330,601
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Jersey11:99,2026,620
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

The alternate forms: Petreńko (10) & Petrenkó (6) are calculated separately.

Petrenko (13) may also be a first name.

Petrenko Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Petrenko is a Ukrainian surname, denoting a descendant of Petr or Petro (via Greek petros, meaning 'stone').

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Petrenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petrenko (Georgian: პეტრენკო, Russian: Петренко) is most common in Russia. It may also appear as a variant: Petreńko or Petrenkó. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrenko? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,351st most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 56,366 people. The surname Petrenko occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Petrenko reside; 79 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 78 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Petrenko is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.

Petrenko is most widespread in Russia, where it is held by 61,831 people, or 1 in 2,331. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Krasnodar Krai, where 14 percent are found, Rostov Oblast, where 9 percent are found and Moscow, where 6 percent are found. Other than Russia Petrenko occurs in 72 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 42 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 4 percent are found.

Petrenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Petrenko last name is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus, Orthodox (88%) in Kazakhstan, Orthodox (75%) in Kyrgyzstan, Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine and Orthodox (100%) in Uzbekistan.

In The United States those holding the Petrenko last name are 3.86% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 50.63% being registered with the political party.

The amount Petrenko earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 14.08% more than the national average, earning R 271,092 per year; in United States they earn 0.43% less than the national average, earning $42,964 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.64% more than the national average, earning $61,926 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Petrenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petrenko in the Georgian language
პეტრენკოpetrenko-
Petrenko in the Russian language
Петренкоpetrenko-

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