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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (also Petraš) and Slovak (Petráš) : derivative of the personal name Petr (see Peter).
  • Greek : occupational name for a quarryman, from petra ‘stone’, ‘rock’ + the occupational suffix -as.

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