Popularity of the last name by country
Finland
- Etelä-Savo / Södra Savolax (733)
- Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax (259)
- Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland (191)
- Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland (186)
- Pohjanmaa / Österbotten (108)
- Uusimaa / Nyland (96)
- Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen (61)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa / Norra Österbotten (54)
- Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland (30)
- Ahvenanmaa / Åland (29)
- Lappi / Lappland (27)
- Kymenlaakso / Kymmenedalen (12)
All countries
- United States (239,043)
- Sweden (47,662)
- United Kingdom (19,955)
- Latvia (8,372)
- Netherlands (8,075)
- Australia (7,591)
- Denmark (7,103)
- Estonia (6,002)
- Norway (5,840)
- Canada (4,888)
- New Zealand (3,982)
- Germany (2,961)
- Finland (2,618)
- France (2,058)
- Unknown country (1,547)
- Switzerland (1,296)
- Ireland (878)
- Russian Federation (735)
- Italy (634)
- Sint Maarten (567)
- Austria (429)
- Mexico (386)
- Belgium (348)
- Spain (276)
- Colombia (220)
- Collectivity of Saint Martin (208)
- Argentina (185)
- Paraguay (179)
- Netherlands Antilles (177)
- Malaysia (159)
- Sri Lanka (121)
- Poland (112)
- Ukraine (109)
- Peru (100)
- India (99)
- Guadeloupe (94)
- South Africa (85)
- 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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