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 last name Petruha is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Petruha.

How Common Is The Last Name Petruha? popularity and diffusion

The last name Petruha is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Petruha are found; 73 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 55 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Petruha is also the 1,181,159th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 68 people.

The surname Petruha is most numerous in Russia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia Petruha is most common in: Moscow, where 25 percent reside, Kaliningrad Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Russia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 9 percent reside and Moldova, where 9 percent reside.

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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