Petridis Surname

67,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Petridis Surname User-submission:

Do not believe the other text about the definition of the Greek surname 'Petridis'. It looks like meaning 'made of stone', but in reality it doesn't. All Greek surnames ending in '-idis' mean 'son of'. Petridis means 'Petros's son' or 'Peter's son'.

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Petridis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece6,0741:1,824101
Australia3581:75,4078,829
United States2481:1,461,528100,066
Germany2221:362,63734,736
Canada1271:290,12326,993
France661:1,006,405112,047
Cyprus481:18,4352,076
England301:1,857,26974,552
Poland251:1,520,35087,293
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Austria151:567,69652,281
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Georgia51:749,10921,598
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Macau11:601,6301,582
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Petridis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Do not believe the other text about the definition of the Greek surname 'Petridis'. It looks like meaning 'made of stone', but in reality it doesn't. All Greek surnames ending in '-idis' mean 'son of'. Petridis means 'Petros's son' or 'Peter's son'. For a French, it means 'Pierre's son'.

- aristo

The Petridis surname means 'one who he is made of stone'. Petridis comes from Greek petra (πέτρα ) and idos (είδος), which means 'of what something is made of'.

- nikolaospetridis

Petridis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petridis (Georgian: პეტრიდის, Russian: Петридис) occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petridis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 67,434th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 987,472 people. The surname Petridis is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Petridis are found; 83 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 83 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Greece, where it is held by 6,074 people, or 1 in 1,824. In Greece Petridis is primarily concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 47 percent live, Attica, where 23 percent live and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 12 percent live. Apart from Greece Petridis is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Petridis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Petridis surname are 13.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.29% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Petridis earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 20.95% more than the national average, earning $52,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.74% more than the national average, earning $62,472 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petridisz9412/
Petridhis943/
Petridi93812/
Peridis93267/
Petrides882,475/
Petredis88104/
Patridis8894/
Pieridis8867/
Petridhi8833/
Petridio881/
Petriddi881/
Peridi86153/
Pierridis8230/
Petrideds821/
Petrrides821/
Perides80117/
Pyridis8060/
Petride8018/
Pieridi8016/
Perisdi8011/
Piridis804/
Periddi803/
Pitridi803/
Peiridi801/
Pereidi801/
Peridio801/
Pierides75809/
Patredis7573/
Pyrgidis7548/
Petrýdes7536/
Pairidis7530/
Petridge7515/
Petredes7513/
Petrydys759/
Patrides756/
Petrydes753/
Periddie751/
Petrudes751/
Peraiddi751/
Petridoy751/
Petroydi751/
Petreddi751/
Peredise751/
Pereides750/
Petridesová7410/
Perida712,552/
Piridi712,292/
Peridy71321/
Peredi71300/
Perédi7164/
Peride7160/
Peatridge716/
Pyridi712/
Phetridge712/
Pereida673,236/
Peredes67456/
Perrida67103/
Pereddi6780/
Perridy6751/
Perieda6721/
Pieride6714/
Perigyi6713/
Petrydy6712/
Peraida6711/
Pitrida676/
Pairidi675/
Peredio672/
Peredie672/
Peredys672/
Periddy671/
Payridi671/
Pereydi671/
Pyrgidi671/
Perzide671/

Petridis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petridis in the Georgian language
პეტრიდისpetridis-
Petridis in the Russian language
Петридисpetridis-

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