Petruha Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Moldova

Petruha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petruha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Petruha (68) may also be a first name.

Petruha Last Name Facts

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

The surname Petruha is found most in Russia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Petruha? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Petruha live; 73 percent live in Eastern Europe and 55 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently held forename throughout the world It is held by 68 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Russia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia Petruha is most numerous in: Moscow, where 25 percent live, Kaliningrad Oblast, where 13 percent live and Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 13 percent live. Other than Russia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 9 percent live and Moldova, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pietruha931/
Petryha86439/
Petruța8659/
Petruľa8644/
Petruňa8630/
Petraha8625/
Petroua867/
Petrohai80219/
Petrahai8038/
Petrohay8016/
Petereha805/
Poteruha804/
Peteryha803/
Pystruha803/
Pietryha801/
Peduruhewa71446/
Petruňo7133/
Podruha714/
Pedryha713/
Pytryha713/
Ptrahya711/
Patraha711/
Petrahe711/
Patroha711/
Peduruhawa711/
Puturuhu6786/
Pateryha6738/
Petrohoy6737/
Pietraho6734/
Putrehai6725/
Patiruhu6725/
Patereha6716/
Potoroha6711/
Patrohay678/
Patrahau676/
Petriaho675/
Podereha673/
Poturuho671/
Petrohoi671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Petruha
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