James-Petersen Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

James-Petersen Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: James & Petersen.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

James-Petersen 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
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

James-Petersen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name James-Petersen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name James-Petersen is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of James-Petersen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name James-Petersen? popularity and diffusion

James-Petersen is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of James-Petersen are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England James-Petersen is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 100 percent live. Besides England this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States Virgin Islands, where 10 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
James-Peterson932/
James-Pedersen931/
James-Pederson861/
James-Patterson836/
James Patterson761/

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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
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  • 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 James-Petersen
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