Petrukha Surname

473,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 707 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Petrukha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petrukha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine5401:84,30112,057
Russia1301:1,108,63983,013
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Moldova41:890,34246,069
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Petrukha (2,323) may also be a first name.

Petrukha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petrukha (Russian: Петруха) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Petrukha.

How Common Is The Last Name Petrukha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 473,663rd most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,307,703 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Petrukha reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Petrukha is also the 154,393rd most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 2,323 people.

The surname Petrukha is most common in Ukraine, where it is held by 540 people, or 1 in 84,301. In Ukraine Petrukha is primarily concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 46 percent live, Cherkasy Oblast, where 19 percent live and Kiev, where 8 percent live. Outside of Ukraine this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 18 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live.

Petrukha Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Petrukha surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Petrukha last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Petrukha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Petrukha in the Russian language
Петрухаpetruha-

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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 Petrukha
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