Pyotr Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Pyotr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pyotr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1541:935,86473,614
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Pyotr (63,148) may also be a first name.

Pyotr Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pyotr (Russian: Пётр) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pyotr? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pyotr is the 1,295,379th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Pyotr occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Pyotr live; 70 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 15,205th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 63,148 people.

Pyotr is most prevalent in Russia, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 935,864. In Russia it is primarily found in: Moscow, where 27 percent live, Kamchatka Krai, where 10 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 8 percent live. Besides Russia this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 6 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pyor8913/
Pytr896/
Piotr801,316/
Pyter80561/
Payor80399/
Pyhor8053/
Puyor8036/
Pyatr8023/
Poyor805/
Peotr801/
Peyor801/
Pythr801/
Pyotrova774/
Poiter73249/
Payter73166/
Pyater7356/
Pyorre7349/
Peyter7336/
Pyther7314/
Poyter734/
Pytter733/
Pyar6714,537/
Petr675,528/
Pior67410/
Pitr67250/
Pítr6778/
Peor6735/
Pytrová6711/
Poitter678/
Pýtr675/
Pyorova673/
Pytrova672/
Pjtr671/
Poitere671/
Pjor671/

Pyotr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pyotr in the Russian language
Пётрpetr-

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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 Pyotr
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