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    The surname Peterka

    A Slovene surname, carried by 667 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P362

    Peterka: #34,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Peterka #34,073, 667 people Peterka: #34,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Peterka #34,073, 667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peterka is more common than 79% of them.

    Origin

    Slovene origin

    Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, and Slovene Peterka, from a derivative of the name Peter.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 667 people named Peterka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 680.

    #34,073
    rank among US surnames
    667
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #32,026)

    Who is named Peterka

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Peterka identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peterka

    Peterka has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Peterka come from?
    Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, and Slovene Peterka, from a derivative of the name Peter.
    How common is the surname Peterka?
    667 people in the United States had the surname Peterka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. It ranked 34,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peterka?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Peterka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Peterka getting more or less common?
    Less common. 680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 667 in 2010, down 1.9%.