de Peter Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Peter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Peter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

de Peter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Peter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Peter occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of de Peter.

How Common Is The Last Name de Peter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of de Peter reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 676,273. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 94 percent live and Flemish Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Belgium it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Peuter941,357/
de Petter94461/
de Pester9426/
de Pete934/
de Peyster8914/
de Peutter899/
de Pater881,018/
de Petre8873/
de Poter8825/
de Pette880/
de Potter822,242/
de Potier825/
de Pijter821/
de Padter821/
de Pister820/
de Peta802/
de Poyster786/
de Physter780/
de Payster780/
de Poister780/
de Petta75128/
de-Petre759/
de Petit753/
de Peitid716/
des Petit712/
De-Potter712/
de Pettit711/
da Potier711/
de Pita6740/
de Pity671/
di Peta671/
di Petta63452/
de Pitta637/
de Pitti632/
de Pétta632/
di Petti631/
di Petty631/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Peter
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