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The Petroff surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,018 people carried this name — #14,724 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,964 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Petroff surname

A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Петров (Petrov).

Derived from Bulgarian Петров (Petrov) or Russian Петро́в (Petróv).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Petroff» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 591 people named Petroff live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 306
Córdoba 69
Chaco 61
City of Buenos Aires 54
Chubut 28
Río Negro 26
Misiones 18
Tucumán 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 107 people named Petroff.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Paris 27
Isère 6
Moselle 5
Nord 5
Gard 5
Var 4
Morbihan 4
Rhône 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

77 people named Petroff is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 77

Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Petroff in American newspapers,
1893–1919.

Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Petroff
The Philipsburg Mail 1893-06-29
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Petroff
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-10-01
Newspaper page from Orleans County Monitor carrying the name Petroff
Orleans County Monitor 1911-05-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,880 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Petroff,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter Petroff 1884–1947 · carpenter
  • Roman Petroff 1954– · gallerist
  • Peter Petroff 1960– · physicist
  • Ruth Petroff 1965– · politician
  • Lindsay Lou 1987– · singer
  • Vlad Petroff 2012– · chess player

Wikidata (CC0).

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