Petros (surname)
Petros is the surname of: * Abune Petros (1882–1936), Ethiopian bishop and martyr born Haile Maryam * Amanal Petros (born 1995), German long-distance runner * Beyene Petros (born 1950), Ethiopian biology professor and politician * George Petros (born 1955), American art designer, author, editor, interviewer and illustrator * Hanna Petros (1896–1958), Iraqi-Assyrian composer and scholar * Tim Petros (1961–2020), Canadian football player * Walatta Petros Walatta Petros ( gez, ወለተ ጴጥሮስ; 1592 – 23 November 1642) was an Ethiopian female saint. Her hagiography, ''The Life-Struggles of Walatta Petros'' (''Gädlä Wälättä P̣əṭros'') was written in 1672. She is known for resisting ...

Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11 ...
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