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'.

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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'.

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Petridis Last Name Facts

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

Petridis (Georgian: პეტრიდის, Russian: Петридис) is more frequently found in Greece than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential 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 held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 987,472 people. Petridis is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Petridis live; 83 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 83 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 6,074 people, or 1 in 1,824. In Greece Petridis is most frequent in: Central Macedonia, where 47 percent are found, Attica, where 23 percent are found and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Greece this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Petridis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Petridis are 13.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.29% being registered to vote for the 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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