Perters Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Perters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Perters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perters is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perters? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Perters live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 18,122,947. In The United States Perters is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 10 percent reside, Minnesota, where 10 percent reside and New York, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States Perters exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent reside and Germany, where 7 percent reside.

Perters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Perters has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Perters last name decreased 41 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Perters Last Name Statistics demography

Perters earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poerters9315/
Peerters931/
Porters86303/
Parters863/
Pertors861/
Poirters80254/
Portiers802/
Porthers801/
Parthers801/
Portersh801/
Prethers800/
Pretters800/
Portors71119/

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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 Perters
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