Petkus: Surname History and Family Crest

There is no single Petkus family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Petkus line, if any, bore arms.

What Petkus means

Petkus is a Lithuanian surname. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “descendant of Petko, a form of Petr (rock)”.

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear. According to the 2010 US Census, the Petkus surname had 473 bearers. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.

Get the complete Petkus report, with a museum-style coat of arms.