Petrak
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈpɛtɹək/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Petrak is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Petrák.
- HRCroatia1 in 6.9K(measured from records)
- CZCzechia1 in 9.4K
- SKSlovakia1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 70 (measured from records)
- 1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)
1,144 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Petrák in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Petrák.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Petrak counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | 1,144 | 1 in 9.4K | 1.1K | Petrák | 43 |
| HR Croatia | 613 | 1 in 6.9K | 613 | — | — |
| US United States | 557 | 1 in 597K | 557 | Petrak | 22 |
| SK Slovakia | 398 | 1 in 14K | 398 | Petrák | 13 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 155K | — | Petrak | 1 |
| SI Slovenia | 45 | 1 in 47K | 45 | — | — |
1,144 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ulrich Petrakb. 1753CZAustrian author
- Franz Petrakb. 1886ATAustrian-Czech botanist and mycologist (1886–1973)
- Josef Petrakb. 1908ATAustrian composer
- Rudolf Petrakb. 1917SKSlovak-born operatic tenor singer
- Nikica Petrakb. 1939HRCroatian poet
- Ana Petrakb. 1998HRCroatian basketball player (born 1998)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 613 | #1,088 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 557 | #39,486 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 544 | #42,858 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 542 | #38,395 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 528 | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 45 | #8,231 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 9 | #84,585 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 9 | #18,545 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Petrak mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Petrák. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Petrak?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpɛtɹək/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Petrak have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Petrak, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled petrák.
- Where is Petrak most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Petrak is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 6.9 thousand people — even though Czechia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Petrak?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 1,144 people named Petrak, about 1 in 9.4 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Petrak?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/petrakThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Petrak”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.