Peeters Surname
Approximately 62,837 people bear this surname
Peeters Surname User-submission:
Dutch: patronymic from a vernacular form of the personal name, Petrus.
Peeters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 41,260 | 1:279 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 15,829 | 1:1,067 | 46 |
| United States | 1,355 | 1:267,497 | 25,163 |
| Germany | 1,165 | 1:69,103 | 8,841 |
| France | 813 | 1:81,701 | 11,575 |
| Canada | 545 | 1:67,607 | 7,793 |
| Australia | 365 | 1:73,961 | 8,690 |
| Thailand | 188 | 1:375,736 | 65,946 |
| England | 166 | 1:335,651 | 24,624 |
| Spain | 151 | 1:309,616 | 18,455 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Switzerland | 103 | 1:79,737 | 9,154 |
| New Zealand | 101 | 1:44,835 | 7,402 |
| Brazil | 97 | 1:2,206,952 | 68,831 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Estonia | 38 | 1:34,784 | 6,408 |
| Norway | 37 | 1:138,981 | 17,684 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Luxembourg | 31 | 1:18,727 | 4,129 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Paraguay | 23 | 1:314,641 | 4,957 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Monaco | 12 | 1:3,089 | 236 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 214 | 1:234,667 | 19,701 |
Peeters (131) may also be a first name.
Peeters Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Dutch: patronymic from a vernacular form of the personal name, Petrus.
- el_loco_piradoPeeters Demographics
Average Male Peeters Height
176.25 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Peeters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peeters Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peeters occurs most in Belgium. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peeters? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,013th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 115,975 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Peeters reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Peeters is also the 811,108th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 131 people.
It is the most widely held last name in one country:Belgium, where 66 percent reside. This last name is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 41,260 people, or 1 in 279. In Belgium Peeters is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 85 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 10 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Belgium this surname occurs in 96 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Peeters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Peeters has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 633 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,660 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 300 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Peeters Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Peeters last name are 35.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.79% being registered with the political party.
The amount Peeters earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 25.53% less than the national average, earning 257,737 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning R 240,804 per year; in United States they earn 17.9% more than the national average, earning $50,871 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.89% less than the national average, earning $49,243 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
Peeters Reference & Research
Peters DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Peters FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Peeters
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis