The Petrov surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,257 people carried this name — #19,806 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
453 people named Petrov live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 226 people named Petrov live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Petrov.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
50 people named Petrov have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,633 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Petrov in American newspapers,
1906–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,824 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Petrov,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vasily Petrov 1736–1799 · writer -
Bone Petrov 1836–1895 · merchant -
Andrey Petrov 1861–1903 · revolutionary -
Georgi Petrov 1862–1914 · revolutionary -
Ivan Kraynichanets 1869–1945 · folklorist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 131 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petrov.
- Petroff 1,964 · U.S. census
- Petron 537 · U.S. census
- Petrone 3,729 · U.S. census
- Petroni 423 · U.S. census
- Petronio 408 · U.S. census
- Petrou 365 · U.S. census
- Petrovic 1,496 · U.S. census
- Petrovitch 112 · U.S. census
- Petrucci 2,990 · U.S. census
- Petrus 1,714 · U.S. census
- Petruzzi 1,074 · U.S. census
- Petry 5,300 · U.S. census
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