Last name: PETERSON
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PETERSON : This last name is indexed 327,867 times on Geneanet!Variants of last name
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Most popular first names
- John (5,691)
- Peter (3,335)
- Mary (3,297)
- William (3,222)
- James (2,462)
- Robert (2,461)
- Anna (2,313)
- Charles (2,238)
- George (1,853)
- Margaret (1,809)
- Carl (1,737)
- Elizabeth (1,726)
- Helen (1,367)
- Henry (1,325)
- Edward (1,286)
- Ruth (1,271)
- Richard (1,237)
- Thomas (1,218)
- Andrew (1,133)
- Arthur (1,131)
- Dorothy (1,123)
- Donald (1,120)
- Alice (1,073)
- Emma (1,061)
- Joseph (1,046)
- Marie (1,045)
- Living (1,023)
- Albert (976)
- Harold (945)
- Walter (880)
- Florence (870)
- Frank (838)
- Oscar (818)
- Alfred (808)
- Sarah (804)
- Ann (800)
- Harry (780)
- David (757)
- Martha (742)
- Raymond (734)
- Esther (722)
- Mildred (708)
- Paul (688)
- Clarence (680)
- Fred (663)
- Lillian (641)
- Clara (635)
- Agnes (633)
- Evelyn (632)
- Ellen (628)
- Ida (623)
- Hans (618)
- Annie (604)
- Kenneth (602)
- Edith (600)
- Jean (554)
- Jane (550)
- Ethel (545)
- Martin (542)
- Bertha (540)
Most indexed places
- Cook, Il (8,693)
- Hennepin, Mn (5,738)
- New-York (3,337)
- Ramsey, Mn (2,158)
- Wayne, Mi (1,667)
- St Louis, Mn (1,656)
- King, Wa (1,462)
- Minnesota (1,180)
- Milwaukee, Wi (1,143)
- Los Angeles, Ca (1,131)
- Sweden (1,103)
- Douglas, Ne (1,066)
- Salt Lake, Ut (1,023)
- Philadelphia, Pa (948)
- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake (938)
- Middlesex, Ma (905)
- Cuyahoga, Oh (779)
- New York (748)
- Worcester, Ma (722)
- Rockford, Winnebago, Il (704)
- San Francisco, Ca (657)
- Wisconsin (636)
- Suffolk, Ma (633)
- Essex, Nj (620)
- Östergötland (616)
- Denver, Co (612)
- Spokane, Wa (546)
- Stockholm (539)
- Racine, Wi (524)
- Illinois (512)
- Douglas, Wi (507)
- Chautauqua (478)
- Duxbury, Plymouth (467)
- Amsterdam (456)
- South Carolina (451)
- District Of Columbia, Dc (448)
- Iowa (434)
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca (420)
- Dane, Wi (417)
- Cass, Nd (416)
- Norway (407)
- Allegheny, Pa (398)
- Sandsting And Aithsting,shetland (391)
- Utah (385)
- Baltimore City, Md (381)
- Denmark (376)
- Bergen, Nj (368)
- Union, Nj (368)
- Shetland (367)
- Hudson, Nj (366)
- Usa (365)
- Abbey Paisley, Renfrew (364)
- Liverpool (363)
- Pennsylvania (348)
- Kings (346)
- Sanpete, Ut (328)
- Erie (327)
- St. Petri (327)
- Jackson, Mo (319)
- Vittinge, Västmanland (315)
Most indexed countries
- United States (252,019)
- United Kingdom (24,404)
- Sweden (13,294)
- Australia (6,056)
- Netherlands (2,554)
- Denmark (2,468)
- Norway (2,193)
- Germany (2,123)
- Canada (1,943)
- Finland (1,081)
- France (758)
- Ireland (486)
- Belgium (256)
- Malaysia (228)
- Sint Maarten (220)
- New Zealand (198)
- Guadeloupe (117)
- Sri Lanka (91)
Available collections for this name
- Archives
(242,749) - Family Trees
(78,685) - Other
(6,184) - Cemeteries
(200) - Memorials
(47) - Coats of arms
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