Petruša Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Petruša Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petruša Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1341:31,5576,461
Slovenia431:57,8538,984
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Petrusa (247) are calculated separately.

Petruša (163) may also be a first name.

Petruša Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petruša is held by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Petrusa. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Petruša? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,231,034th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petruša reside; 95 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Petruša is also the 717,791st most commonly used first name globally, borne by 163 people.

The last name is most numerous in Croatia, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 31,557. In Croatia Petruša is most numerous in: Zagreb County, where 43 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 32 percent reside and Krapina-Zagorje County, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Croatia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 23 percent reside and Estonia, where 4 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Petruša
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