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petros Name Meaning and History

  1. Ethiopian: from the personal name Petros (see Peter).
  2. Greek: reduced form of Petropoulos or some other derivative of Petros, Greek form of Peter.

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Distribution of petros Families in the US in 1920
Number of petros families
 15-27
 6-14
 1-5
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Petros/Wheeling WV kflynncolo 3
Denver Colorado Petross Krista Beck 27
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John Petros 1883-1926 svcstarz 0
Polly & Elizabeth Sharp 1809-1811 KY, IL, MO andrtn 0
John Petoros, Petaros from Slovenia Theresa Elliott 0

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