Czech surnames
Petr: what the name means
Petr: from the first name Petr (Peter).
In January 2017, 7,991 people in Czechia were named Petr or Petrová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha858
- Around Olomouc254
- Around Brno230
- Around Hradec Králové224
- Around Frenštát pod Radhoštěm216
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Petr mean?
Petr: from the first name Petr (Peter).
How many people are called Petr in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 7,991 people in Czechia were named Petr or Petrová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Petr most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (858), Olomouc (254), Brno (230).