Last name: PETERSON
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Last name frequency
PETERSON : This last name is indexed 409,081 times on Geneanet!Variants of last name
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Most popular first names
- John (17,766)
- Peter (8,851)
- Charles (6,898)
- William (5,484)
- Carl (4,800)
- Mary (4,303)
- George (4,120)
- James (4,069)
- Andrew (3,853)
- Anna (3,460)
- Henry (3,455)
- Robert (3,390)
- Mr. (3,389)
- Frank (2,835)
- Fred (2,628)
- Oscar (2,354)
- Mrs. (2,261)
- Thomas (2,128)
- Albert (2,076)
- Elizabeth (2,071)
- Hans (2,063)
- Joseph (2,039)
- Arthur (1,922)
- Harold (1,784)
- Edward (1,738)
- David (1,651)
- Margaret (1,649)
- Sarah (1,546)
- Alfred (1,537)
- Living (1,489)
- Emma (1,486)
- August (1,479)
- Gladys (1,477)
- Paul (1,385)
- Helen (1,326)
- Martin (1,326)
- Harry (1,314)
- Jacob (1,280)
- Walter (1,278)
- Otto (1,235)
- Martha (1,220)
- Louis (1,210)
- Annie (1,199)
- Ronnie (1,196)
- Elmer (1,185)
- Richard (1,170)
- Alice (1,136)
- Samuel (1,064)
- Pete (1,050)
- Victor (1,035)
- Frederick (1,028)
- Chris (1,014)
- Christian (1,003)
- Hannah (964)
- Clarence (941)
- Ruth (937)
- Dorothy (883)
- Clara (839)
- Miss (817)
- Adolph (810)
Most indexed places
- Missouri (5,325)
- San Francisco (4,292)
- Chicago (2,967)
- Sweden (2,841)
- New (2,744)
- New-York (2,547)
- San-Francisco (2,411)
- Oakland (1,829)
- Minnesota (1,684)
- Denver (1,659)
- Washington (1,657)
- Denmark (1,637)
- California (1,534)
- San Bernardino (1,443)
- Minneapolis (1,375)
- Norway (1,361)
- Sycamore (1,314)
- Los (1,291)
- Santa Cruz (1,291)
- Salt (1,280)
- Philadelphia (1,201)
- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake (1,139)
- Amsterdam (1,109)
- Princeton (1,098)
- New York (1,080)
- Iowa (1,017)
- Wisconsin (991)
- Sint Maarten (977)
- West (908)
- Illinois (897)
- Stockholm (892)
- Fort (883)
- Dantumadeel (844)
- Poughkeepsie (827)
- Seattle (819)
- North (794)
- Lake (774)
- Duluth (772)
- South (760)
- Grand (737)
- Reed City (735)
- Sacramento (689)
- Santa-Cruz (669)
- Boston (668)
- New York City (646)
- Utah (633)
- Virginia (624)
- Duxbury, Plymouth (620)
- Los Angeles (617)
- Östergötland (616)
- Colorado (615)
- Willmar (593)
- Baltimore (591)
- Omaha (591)
- Usa (574)
- Nj (573)
- Duxbury (570)
- Pennsylvania (561)
- Salt Lake City (548)
- Kansas (537)
Most indexed countries
- United States (292,842)
- United Kingdom (21,285)
- Sweden (18,174)
- Netherlands (8,028)
- Australia (7,610)
- Canada (5,233)
- Denmark (4,560)
- New Zealand (4,249)
- Norway (3,657)
- Germany (2,956)
- Unknown country (1,993)
- France (1,942)
- Estonia (1,870)
- Switzerland (1,675)
- Finland (1,190)
- Ireland (937)
- Russian Federation (790)
- Italy (717)
Available collections for this name
- Newspapers
(160,805) - Family Trees
(109,578) - Books
(70,560) - Archives
(53,693) - Obituaries
(7,350) - Other
(6,181) - Magazines
(579) - Cemeteries
(273) - Memorials
(53) - Other documents
(5) - Coats of arms
(4)