Peterson

Used in: 4 countries

Origin: Peter

English, Scottish, and German surname, from Peter + -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Pedersen, Pettersen, Polish Piotrowicz, Slovene Petrič, Petrovčič, Petrovič, Petric, Petrovic, etc. Also Americanized from Swedish Petersson, Pettersson.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Petersone Derived from Peterson
Petersons Derived from Peterson
Pētersons Derived from Peterson
Peterson-Stuart Derived from Peterson
Peters Root name

Popularity by Country

Peterson

Rank #63

Frequency 275,041 people (101.96 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 86.29% Hispanic 1.56% Black 9.58% Asian/PI 0.52% Native Am. 0.7% Two+ 1.33%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Peterson

Rank #1667

NRS Most Common Surnames 2024 ↗

Peterson

Rank #13748

Frequency 48 people

sorokinpf/russian_names ↗

Peterson

Rank #86446

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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