Pedersson Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Pedersson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pedersson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden481:205,14114,201
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Denmark171:332,04223,714
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Pedersson Last Name Facts

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

Pedersson is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pedersson? popularity and diffusion

Pedersson is the 1,907,068th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Pedersson is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Pedersson live; 73 percent live in Northern Europe and 68 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 205,141. In Sweden Pedersson is most common in: Södermanland County, where 29 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 21 percent reside and Dalarna County, where 13 percent reside. Not including Sweden this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 24 percent reside and Denmark, where 18 percent reside.

Pedersson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pedersson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pedersson surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pedersson Last Name Statistics demography

Pedersson earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $48,551 CAD per year.

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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 Pedersson
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