152
Bearers
11451.
Rank
male
Gender
Meaning
After an ancestor
A patronymic surname derived from a given name.
Origin: from a given name
A general explanation of the surname based on typical patterns (occupation, trait, ancestor's name, place). A particular family may have a different history.
Surname distribution by municipality
Number of bearers by municipality across Czechia (source: MV ČR archive, ~2011). Showing the 30 most frequent of 33 municipalities.
Map 1 · distribution of surname Petroš — colour = bearers per 10,000 inhabitants (darker = higher)
| # | Region | Bearers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moravskoslezský kraj | 104 |
| 2 | Olomoucký kraj | 19 |
| 3 | Zlínský kraj | 7 |
| 4 | Karlovarský kraj | 6 |
| 5 | Plzeňský kraj | 4 |
| 6 | Kraj Vysočina | 4 |
| 7 | Jihomoravský kraj | 4 |
| 8 | Hlavní město Praha | 4 |
| Total CZ | 152 |
| # | Municipality | Bearers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frýdek-Místek | 24 |
| 2 | Ostrava | 22 |
| 3 | Frýdlant nad Ostravicí | 16 |
| 4 | Jeseník | 9 |
| 5 | Krnov | 8 |
| 6 | Bílovec | 6 |
| 7 | Cheb | 5 |
| 8 | Prostějov | 5 |
| 9 | Praha | 4 |
| 10 | Žďár nad Sázavou | 4 |
| 11 | Nýřany | 3 |
| 12 | Zlín | 3 |
| 13 | Nový Jičín | 3 |
| 14 | Opava | 3 |
| 15 | Český Těšín | 3 |
| 16 | Frenštát pod Radhoštěm | 3 |
| 17 | Kravaře | 3 |
| 18 | Kroměříž | 2 |
| 19 | Znojmo | 2 |
| 20 | Brno | 2 |
| 21 | Bruntál | 2 |
| 22 | Přerov | 2 |
| 23 | Třinec | 2 |
| 24 | Havířov | 2 |
| 25 | Orlová | 2 |
| 26 | Kopřivnice | 2 |
| 27 | Vítkov | 2 |
| 28 | Hranice | 2 |
| 29 | Valašské Meziříčí | 2 |
| 30 | Aš | 1 |
Historical trend by year of birth
Number of living bearers by year of birth (as of 2011, source: MV ČR archive).
Source: MV ČR – četnost příjmení (archiv) · Data year: 2011