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.
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Peeters Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Peeters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peeters Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peeters is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peeters? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 9,013th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 115,975 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Peeters are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Peeters is also the 811,108th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 131 people.
Peeters is the most frequently used surname in one country:Belgium, where 66 percent are found. Peeters is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 41,260 people, or 1 in 279. In Belgium Peeters is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 85 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 10 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Belgium Peeters is found in 96 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Peeters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Peeters has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 633 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,660 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 300 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Peeters Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Peeters last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Peeters last name are 35.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.79% registered with the 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.
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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.
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Footnotes
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