Last name: PETERSON
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PETERSON : This last name is indexed 590,438 times on Geneanet!Variants of last name
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Most popular first names
- John (20,619)
- Peter (9,858)
- Charles (8,550)
- William (7,307)
- Mary (6,280)
- Carl (6,189)
- George (5,380)
- James (5,268)
- Robert (5,227)
- Anna (5,173)
- Andrew (4,479)
- Henry (4,206)
- Frank (3,561)
- Mr. (3,388)
- Fred (3,201)
- Oscar (3,075)
- Elizabeth (2,921)
- Margaret (2,888)
- Arthur (2,846)
- Albert (2,810)
- Edward (2,689)
- Harold (2,643)
- Thomas (2,571)
- Helen (2,521)
- Joseph (2,424)
- Hans (2,304)
- Emma (2,277)
- Mrs. (2,265)
- Richard (2,170)
- Alfred (2,104)
- David (2,095)
- Ruth (2,029)
- Harry (2,025)
- Walter (2,020)
- Alice (1,959)
- Paul (1,909)
- Dorothy (1,901)
- Gladys (1,890)
- Sarah (1,783)
- August (1,747)
- Martin (1,732)
- Marie (1,674)
- Martha (1,664)
- Donald (1,651)
- Elmer (1,630)
- Annie (1,568)
- Louis (1,549)
- Clarence (1,539)
- Florence (1,480)
- Otto (1,459)
- Esther (1,391)
- Clara (1,341)
- Victor (1,332)
- Living (1,273)
- Ellen (1,232)
- Pete (1,222)
- Frederick (1,212)
- Chris (1,205)
- Hannah (1,197)
- Ronnie (1,194)
Most indexed places
- Cook, Il (8,693)
- Hennepin, Mn (5,737)
- San Francisco (4,283)
- New-York (3,337)
- Chicago (3,034)
- New (2,786)
- Sweden (2,639)
- San-Francisco (2,418)
- Ramsey, Mn (2,158)
- Oakland (1,825)
- Wayne, Mi (1,667)
- Denver (1,658)
- Washington (1,658)
- St Louis, Mn (1,656)
- Denmark (1,562)
- California (1,513)
- Minnesota (1,470)
- King, Wa (1,462)
- San Bernardino (1,439)
- Minneapolis (1,375)
- New York (1,352)
- Sycamore (1,314)
- Norway (1,294)
- Los (1,293)
- Santa Cruz (1,290)
- Salt (1,280)
- Philadelphia (1,198)
- Milwaukee, Wi (1,143)
- Los Angeles, Ca (1,129)
- Princeton (1,100)
- Douglas, Ne (1,066)
- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake (1,044)
- Salt Lake, Ut (1,023)
- Philadelphia, Pa (946)
- West (915)
- Iowa (909)
- Middlesex, Ma (905)
- Fort (892)
- Stockholm (890)
- Wisconsin (859)
- Poughkeepsie (827)
- North (823)
- South (819)
- Seattle (813)
- Cuyahoga, Oh (779)
- Lake (776)
- Duluth (767)
- Illinois (767)
- Grand (736)
- Reed City (734)
- Worcester, Ma (722)
- Rockford, Winnebago, Il (704)
- Sacramento (684)
- Boston (676)
- Santa-Cruz (669)
- San Francisco, Ca (657)
- New York City (633)
- Suffolk, Ma (633)
- Essex, Nj (620)
- Östergötland (620)
Most indexed countries
- United States (472,658)
- United Kingdom (29,105)
- Sweden (17,018)
- Australia (7,467)
- Canada (5,258)
- Denmark (4,260)
- New Zealand (4,177)
- Norway (3,483)
- Netherlands (2,931)
- Germany (2,819)
- Unknown country (1,993)
- Estonia (1,869)
- Switzerland (1,662)
- France (1,576)
- Finland (1,164)
- Ireland (929)
- Italy (696)
- Sint Maarten (543)
Available collections for this name
- Archives
(250,551) - Newspapers
(163,032) - Family Trees
(91,891) - Books
(70,543) - Obituaries
(7,350) - Other
(6,184) - Magazines
(579) - Cemeteries
(250) - Memorials
(49) - Other documents
(5) - Coats of arms
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