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Last name: PETERSEN

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Last name frequency

PETERSEN : This last name is indexed 1,912,872 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

PETERSEN : 1: Danish Norwegian Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter.2: Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Pedersen or Pettersen.3: English: variant of Peterson.

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Most indexed places

København (63,810)
København (Staden) (15,595)
Trinitatis Sogn (13,504)
Gift (13,199)
Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt (11,976)
Holmens Sogn (11,565)
Sankt Johannes Sogn (10,613)
Kjøbenhavn (9,372)
København Vor Frue Sogn (9,281)
Her I Sognet (8,984)
Broager Sogn, Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt (8,751)
Odense (8,280)
Trinitatis, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (8,176)
Aabenraa, Aabenraa-Sonderborg (7,393)
Garnisons Sogn (7,392)
Helligånd Sogn (6,727)
Holmens Sogn, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (6,616)
Horsens Vor Frelsers Sogn (5,885)
Tønder Sogn, Tønder Amt (5,866)
Tønder (5,706)
København Sankt Pauls Sogn (5,610)
Burkal (5,306)
Frederiksberg (5,258)
Århus Domsogn (5,249)
Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt, Tønder Amt (5,220)
Aabenraa Sogn, Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt (5,030)
Helligaands Kirke, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (5,017)
Sonderborg, Aabenraa-Sonderborg (4,941)
Ugift (4,890)
Copenhagen, Copenhagen (4,848)
Nyborg (4,832)
Felsted (4,709)
Bergen (4,706)
Aarhus (4,668)
Sankt Matthaeus, Københavns Amt, Staden København (4,479)
Haderslev Vor Frue Sogn, Haderslev Amt (4,418)
Frue Kirke or Vor Frue Kirke, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (4,367)
Randers Sankt Mortens Sogn (4,362)
Nordborg Sogn, Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt (4,331)
Helsingør Domkirkes Sogn (4,312)
Tønder Amt (4,312)
Oslo, Oslo (4,294)
Sønderborg Sogn, Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt (4,224)
Århus Vor Frue Sogn (4,096)
Helsingør (4,067)
Amsterdam (4,058)
Højer (4,001)
Broager, Aabenraa-Sonderborg (4,000)
Harderwijk (3,958)
Kolding Sankt Nikolaj Sogn (3,910)
Borgund (3,889)
Horsens (3,878)
Sverige (3,835)
Haderslev Amt (3,769)
Vejle (3,540)
Danmark (3,414)
Frederiksberg Sogn, Københavns Amt, Staden København (3,386)
Trondheim city (3,385)
Sankt Johannes, Københavns Amt, Staden København (3,365)
Halden (3,348)

Most indexed countries

Denmark (1,535,308)
Norway (227,025)
United States (35,515)
Netherlands (34,467)
Germany (28,108)
Sweden (13,521)
France (4,247)
Australia (4,146)
United Kingdom (2,829)
New Zealand (2,547)
Belgium (1,186)
Latvia (1,169)
Canada (795)
Switzerland (779)
Faroe islands (642)
Brazil (605)
Finland (487)
Unknown country (386)

Available collections for this name

Archives
(1,804,251)
Family Trees
(73,481)
Newspapers
(22,548)
Books
(8,706)
Other
(2,629)
Cemeteries
(640)
Magazines
(262)
Obituaries
(260)
Memorials
(89)
Coats of Arms
(5)
Memory of places
(1)