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petr Name Meaning and History

Czech: from the personal name Petr (see Peter).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of petr Families in the US in 1920
Number of petr families
 7-12
 3-6
 1-2
 0
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