Last Name PETROV

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Meaning Son of Peter.
Male name PETROV is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origins 'ПЕТРОВ' (for the male) and 'ПЕТРОВА' (for its female versions). Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic versions of these names.
Male versions of the name: 'PETROV' 'PETROW' 'PETROFF'
Female versions of the name: 'PETROVA' 'PETROWA' .
Male name PETROV is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origins 'ПЕТРОВ' (for the male) and 'ПЕТРОВА' (for its female versions). Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic versions of these names.
Male versions of the name: 'PETROV' 'PETROW' 'PETROFF'
Female versions of the name: 'PETROVA' 'PETROWA' .
Origin Russian, Jewish, Slovakian, Croatian, Estonian, Macedonian, Serbian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian

Rank 19,806 (2000 US census) 69,160 (1990 US census)
Count 1,257 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.16%, or 1171 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 5.49%, or 69 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.11%, or 14 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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