Popularity of the last name by country
Denmark
- København / Hovedstaden (1,702)
- Frederiksborg (222)
- Præstø (208)
- Maribo (183)
- Århus (178)
- Hjørring (165)
- Sorø (160)
- Holbæk (136)
- Ålborg (123)
- Svendborg (122)
- Viborg (119)
- Odense (108)
- Vejle (95)
- Bornholm (90)
- Randers (77)
- Skanderborg (63)
- Thisted (62)
- Sønderborg (60)
- Ribe (37)
- Tønder (37)
- Haderslev (22)
- Ringkøbing (18)
- Roskilde (14)
- Åbenrå (8)
All countries
- United States (236,835)
- Sweden (47,680)
- United Kingdom (19,954)
- Latvia (8,372)
- Netherlands (8,080)
- Australia (7,537)
- Denmark (7,151)
- Estonia (5,999)
- Norway (5,846)
- Canada (4,864)
- New Zealand (3,982)
- Germany (2,956)
- Finland (2,620)
- France (2,055)
- Unknown country (1,547)
- Switzerland (1,295)
- Ireland (891)
- Russian Federation (730)
- Italy (634)
- Sint Maarten (456)
- Austria (429)
- Mexico (392)
- Netherlands Antilles (281)
- Spain (276)
- Belgium (243)
- Colombia (220)
- Collectivity of Saint Martin (203)
- Argentina (185)
- Paraguay (179)
- Malaysia (159)
- Sri Lanka (120)
- Poland (111)
- Ukraine (109)
- India (99)
- Peru (94)
- Guadeloupe (92)
- South Africa (83)
- Vanuatu (80)
- China (79)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) (77)
Origine of last name
PETERSON : 1: English Scottish and German: patronymic from the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Peter">Peter</a>. In North America this surname has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages e.g. Norwegian and Danish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Pedersen">Pedersen</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Pettersen">Pettersen</a> and their Swedish cognates (see 2 below) Polish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Piotrowicz">Piotrowicz</a> Slovenian Petrič Petrovčič and Petrovič (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Petric">Petric</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Petrovic">Petrovic</a>).2: Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Petersson a cognate of 1 above and also of its variant <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Pettersson">Pettersson</a>. Compare 1 above.
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