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petrov Name Meaning and History

Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Croatian: patronymic from the personal names Pyotr (Russian), Petr (Bulgarian) and Petar (Macedonian, Serbian, and Croatian) (see Peter). It may also be a reduced form of Slovenian Petrovic, patronymic from the personal name Peter.

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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the petrov family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of petrov Families in the US in 1920
Number of petrov families
 3-4
 2-2		 1
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 6 - Messages: 27
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Joseph Petrov karenPryber 0
Margarita Petrova and children (Bulgaria) victoria aitkenhead 0
George Petrov Imrich Petrov 7
Ivan Petrov Petrov 12
Petrov (Petroff) Janelle Kuhns 2
Petrov or Petrovich or Petro line mkotheignich 0
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