Petrů Surname
Approximately 2,159 people bear this surname
Petrů Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 2,126 | 1:5,002 | 556 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 1:161,711 | 28,420 |
The alternate forms: Petru (2,463) & Petrú (1) are calculated separately.
Petrů Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petrů Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petrů occurs in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Petru or Petrú. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petrů? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 194,607th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,375,427 people. The surname Petrů occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Petrů are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Petrů is most frequent in Czechia, where it is borne by 2,126 people, or 1 in 5,002. In Czechia it is primarily found in: South Bohemian Region, where 18 percent reside, Vysočina Region, where 15 percent reside and Prague, where 13 percent reside. Other than Czechia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 2 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 Petrů
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