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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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