Popularity of the last name by country

Ireland

• Tipperary (874)
• Cork (448)
• Dublin (337)
• Kilkenny (311)
• Leix {Queens, Laois} (249)
• Monoghan (97)
• Clare (95)
• Louth (93)
• Wexford (77)
• Mayo (70)
• Galway (62)
• Cavan (45)
• Limerick (24)
• Kildare (22)
• Waterford (22)
• Offaly {Kings} (17)
• Wicklow (7)
• Donegal (6)
• Roscommon (5)
• Meath (3)
• Westmeath (3)
• Carlow (2)
• Longford (2)
• Kerry (1)

All countries

• Netherlands (562,589)
• Germany (217,556)
• United States (130,863)
• United Kingdom (105,706)
• Belgium (39,496)
• Denmark (28,434)
• Latvia (16,869)
• France (16,651)
• Australia (9,976)
• Canada (8,369)
• Luxembourg (5,185)
• Finland (5,100)
• Ireland (4,641)
• New Zealand (4,622)
• Sweden (4,214)
• Norway (3,177)
• Russian Federation (2,248)
• Austria (2,142)
• Unknown country (2,014)
• Switzerland (1,550)
• Algeria (1,220)
• Poland (883)
• Ukraine (809)
• Brazil (435)
• Italy (433)
• Hungary (424)
• Czech republic (358)
• Estonia (338)
• Spain (303)
• India (269)
• Indonesia (219)
• Réunion (208)
• Mexico (205)
• South Africa (175)
• French Polynesia (151)
• Romania (151)
• New Caledonia (126)
• Colombia (123)
• Argentina (106)
• Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (90)

Origine of last name

PETERS : 1: English Scottish Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Peter">Peter</a>. This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden Denmark France (Alsace and Lorraine) and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Peterson">Peterson</a>.2: Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.3: Americanized form of Dutch and North German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Pieters">Pieters</a>.4: Americanized form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Pitre">Pitre</a>.