Patersson Surname

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

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Patersson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Patersson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Patersson (15) may also be a first name.

Patersson Last Name Facts

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

Patersson (Russian: Патерссон) is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Patersson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Patersson is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Patersson live; 50 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. Patersson is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.

The surname Patersson is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most frequent in: Alabama, where 25 percent live, Alaska, where 25 percent live and California, where 25 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Patersson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Patersson in the Russian language
Патерссонpatersson-

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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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  • 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 Patersson
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