Last name: PETRI

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PETRI : This last name is indexed 219,697 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

PETRI : 1: German Dutch Flemish and French (Alsace and Lorraine): Latinized (humanistic) patronymic from the personal name Peter using the genitive of its Latin form Petrus. Compare Petry.2: Italian: patronymic or plural form of the personal name Petro. It is also found in southern France and Corsica.3: Italianized form of the Slovenian and Croatian patronymics Petrovčič Petrovič and Petrović (see Petrovic). Compare Petruzzi 2.4: Hungarian: habitational name for someone from any of several places so named.5: Scottish: variant of Petrie or Peter.

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