Peter Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

Peter Surname

428^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 1,201,067 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Nigeria

Highest density in:

Papua New Guinea

Peter Surname Definition:

Peter Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Nigeria	367,227	1:482	57
Tanzania	262,248	1:202	9
Papua New Guinea	181,519	1:45	2
South Sudan	143,732	1:79	10
Kenya	54,885	1:841	129
Germany	54,559	1:1,476	114
South Africa	18,698	1:2,898	378
India	17,078	1:44,915	3,135
United States	13,875	1:26,123	3,285
Switzerland	9,837	1:835	47
Romania	8,696	1:2,309	310
Malaysia	7,866	1:3,750	562
Liberia	7,631	1:578	79
France	6,963	1:9,539	897
Australia	4,113	1:6,564	964
Austria	3,740	1:2,277	190
England	2,866	1:19,441	2,776
Canada	2,590	1:14,226	2,096
Zimbabwe	2,213	1:6,976	778
Cameroon	1,935	1:10,733	1,433
Brazil	1,564	1:136,876	5,229
Botswana	1,429	1:1,530	112
United Arab Emirates	1,381	1:6,635	849
Vanuatu	1,259	1:209	28
Micronesia	1,127	1:94	6
Solomon Islands	1,002	1:579	18
Pakistan	955	1:187,062	4,675
Oman	925	1:3,987	577
Saint Lucia	823	1:217	28
Argentina	764	1:55,947	4,733
Czechia	728	1:14,606	2,130
Indonesia	697	1:189,741	18,149
Serbia	671	1:10,648	1,273
Netherlands	670	1:25,205	4,100
Poland	667	1:56,985	8,972
Hong Kong	647	1:11,338	331
New Zealand	639	1:7,087	1,204
Spain	563	1:83,041	7,115
Malawi	548	1:31,239	4,879
Dominica	495	1:153	30
Russia	490	1:294,129	30,253
Thailand	454	1:155,591	24,808
Scotland	393	1:13,623	1,761
Chad	385	1:35,304	4,109
Slovakia	376	1:14,193	1,959
Kuwait	347	1:10,953	1,529
Belgium	329	1:34,944	5,686
Saudi Arabia	318	1:97,031	14,320
Fiji	314	1:2,848	493
Uganda	309	1:126,341	11,791
Philippines	301	1:336,340	45,958
Iraq	299	1:117,129	3,341
Israel	298	1:28,717	4,130
Marshall Islands	292	1:177	10
Croatia	285	1:14,837	2,936
Namibia	280	1:8,605	1,673
Denmark	269	1:20,984	2,107
Ukraine	267	1:170,497	23,498
Ireland	266	1:17,703	1,920
Zambia	263	1:60,266	5,462
Ecuador	243	1:65,456	5,248
Portugal	217	1:48,010	2,732
Kiribati	214	1:530	170
Sweden	210	1:46,889	3,650
Hungary	208	1:47,194	5,043
Guyana	178	1:4,282	763
Dominican Republic	162	1:64,401	3,114
Bahrain	147	1:9,174	1,687
Trinidad and Tobago	137	1:9,956	1,377
Sudan	122	1:307,461	2,606
Egypt	119	1:772,569	48,016
Italy	109	1:561,071	53,789
Ghana	105	1:257,340	11,402
Luxembourg	103	1:5,636	824
Saint Barthelemy	101	1:95	16
Wales	98	1:31,577	3,178
Venezuela	92	1:328,305	7,307
Greece	87	1:127,354	21,286
Norway	81	1:63,485	9,023
Bahamas	80	1:4,897	507
Lesotho	79	1:25,729	5,110
China	72	1:18,990,577	1,074
Slovenia	70	1:35,538	6,805
Sri Lanka	70	1:297,265	9,111
Qatar	69	1:34,174	3,607
United States Virgin Islands	63	1:1,752	287
Japan	59	1:2,166,852	28,778
DR Congo	57	1:1,296,133	79,221
Guatemala	56	1:287,190	4,402
Iceland	56	1:6,787	739
Northern Mariana Islands	53	1:1,030	160
Brunei	50	1:8,375	1,042
Mexico	48	1:2,585,963	21,318
Cyprus	47	1:18,827	2,132
Guam	45	1:3,558	455
Ethiopia	37	1:2,636,385	8,934
Kazakhstan	36	1:491,180	36,296
Rwanda	33	1:344,393	1,707
French Polynesia	31	1:9,058	1,949
Grenada	31	1:3,501	516
Taiwan	29	1:808,440	5,718
Nicaragua	28	1:215,039	2,611
Finland	26	1:211,412	17,592
Afghanistan	24	1:1,339,716	11,412
Lebanon	24	1:234,878	9,056
Uruguay	23	1:149,207	13,102
Guernsey	22	1:2,929	767
Iran	21	1:3,656,311	102,225
Paraguay	21	1:344,607	5,239
Singapore	21	1:262,272	11,611
Benin	20	1:516,780	33,864
Vietnam	20	1:4,632,303	2,388
Northern Ireland	19	1:97,107	6,126
Estonia	19	1:69,569	12,771
Latvia	19	1:107,897	15,192
Panama	19	1:205,908	5,804
Peru	19	1:1,672,849	23,436
Antigua and Barbuda	18	1:5,510	685
Aruba	18	1:5,749	789
Greenland	18	1:3,132	341
Seychelles	18	1:5,133	784
Burundi	17	1:576,756	643
Chile	16	1:1,101,030	21,213
Haiti	15	1:712,260	11,091
Honduras	15	1:587,763	3,647
Jamaica	15	1:191,330	5,833
South Korea	15	1:3,416,017	641
Bulgaria	14	1:498,493	22,004
Barbados	13	1:22,111	1,112
Belarus	13	1:730,851	59,297
Cambodia	13	1:1,191,319	5,802
Niger	12	1:1,599,335	32,126
Togo	12	1:603,981	6,362
Bangladesh	11	1:14,486,979	13,528
Burkina Faso	10	1:1,835,210	14,348
Maldives	9	1:44,908	2,305
Tunisia	9	1:67,847	8,246
Nauru	8	1:1,485	268
Saint Martin	8	1:4,394	114
Angola	7	1:3,855,602	6,953
Isle of Man	7	1:12,260	2,387
Myanmar	6	1:8,656,331	1,296
Somalia	6	1:2,242,010	5,090
Costa Rica	5	1:956,014	6,058
Georgia	5	1:749,109	21,598
Mozambique	5	1:5,452,314	4,256
Yemen	5	1:5,285,059	21,214
Algeria	4	1:9,657,888	64,782
Belize	4	1:88,868	3,294
Bhutan	4	1:154,010	967
Central African Republic	4	1:1,128,848	387
Eritrea	4	1:1,187,975	480
North Macedonia	4	1:525,368	20,918
Madagascar	4	1:5,912,459	5,394
Morocco	4	1:8,619,025	73,251
Nepal	4	1:7,120,239	14,461
Swaziland	4	1:324,550	996
Turkey	4	1:19,455,356	155,681
Uzbekistan	4	1:7,732,286	43,643
Azerbaijan	3	1:3,216,374	32,290
Colombia	3	1:15,924,691	28,711
Congo	3	1:1,663,032	27,638
Gambia	3	1:641,150	991
Ivory Coast	3	1:7,690,411	57,263
Moldova	3	1:1,187,123	48,973
Montenegro	3	1:213,188	6,121
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1:37,553	1,173
Senegal	3	1:4,859,781	6,822
Syria	3	1:6,433,674	16,197
Gabon	2	1:944,597	6,773
Laos	2	1:3,294,162	1,900
Libya	2	1:3,121,987	6,135
Liechtenstein	2	1:19,189	1,439
Lithuania	2	1:1,517,294	35,813
Macau	2	1:300,815	1,009
Mongolia	2	1:1,412,644	16,950
Turkmenistan	2	1:2,744,556	11,412
Albania	1	1:2,914,055	29,474
Anguilla	1	1:13,436	792
Armenia	1	1:2,930,180	22,770
Bermuda	1	1:65,279	3,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
British Virgin Islands	1	1:31,594	1,029
Cayman Islands	1	1:63,893	2,384
Cook Islands	1	1:18,179	1,485
Cuba	1	1:11,522,716	17,380
East Timor	1	1:1,215,928	507
Equatorial Guinea	1	1:1,135,674	984
Gibraltar	1	1:33,954	1,660
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Mauritania	1	1:4,094,863	38,869
Mauritius	1	1:1,293,417	16,552
Monaco	1	1:37,066	4,748
Montserrat	1	1:4,947	471
New Caledonia	1	1:276,223	10,363
Northern Cyprus	1	1:319,011	10,202
Samoa	1	1:193,808	1,089
Suriname	1	1:552,616	9,664

Show All Nations

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	58	1:76,377	5,461

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Scotland	613	1:6,106	884
England	399	1:61,091	7,127
Wales	29	1:54,083	2,718
Isle of Man	11	1:4,934	490

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	4,346	1:11,555	1,502

The alternate forms: Péter (12,105) & Pétér (1) are calculated separately.

Peter (7,469,320) may also be a first name.

Peter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter,' from the pet Perkin or Parkin; compare Wat-kin, Wil-kins, Wil-kinson, &c. There are no Perkins or Parkins in the Hundred Rolls, while the French diminutives Perrin and Perrott are common. What may be called the Flemish forms appeared in Yorkshire and the East counties about the beginning of the 14th century. With Perkins and Parkins, compare Clerk and Clark, Derby and Darby, &c.

Johannes Perkynson, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

Johannes Parkynson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John Perkyn, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Robert Perkinson, or Parkinson, 1564: Register of the University of Oxford.

Of all the other forms it would be useless to furnish modern instances. Every register has them in abundance.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter'; v. Pearson and Piers.

Robert Peres, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Ralph Peyres, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Adam Percys, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the personal name Peter, Latin Petrus, Greek Πέτρος, from πέτρος, a rock. The surname is not uncommon in Angus and in the shires of Aberdeen and Kincardine. John Peter, follower of the earl of Mar, was charged with resetting outlawed Macgregors in 1636 (RPC., 2. ser. VI p. 215), Andro Peiter was witness in Kirkcaldie in 1640 (PRK., p. 157), David Peter was commissary depute of Peebles in 1645, and Alexander Peter was notary public in Melrose in 1648 (RRM., I, p. 121,126). Petyr 1545.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

'son of Peter,' which see.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

'Son of Peteh,' which see. Nigellus filius Petri, one of the burgenses rure manentes, Aberdeen, 1317 (SCM., v. p. 10). See also Paterson. Pitersoun 1625.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-Latin-Greek) Stone, Rock [Latin Petrus, Greek Πέτρσς—πέτρσς, a piece of rock, a stone; πέτρα (whence Latin petra, a stone), a rock, crag] And ic secge þé, þæt þú eart Petrus, and ofer þysne stán ic getimbrige mine cyricean.— St. Matthew, xvi. 18 (Anglo-Saxon version).

And I seye to thee that thou art Petir, and on this ston I schal bilde my chirche.— do. do. (Wiclif, 1380).

And I saye also unto thee, that thou arte Peter: and upon this rocke I wyll bylde my congregacion.—do. do. (Tyndale, 1534).

And he nemde Simon Petrum.—St. Mark, iii. 16 (Anglo-Saxon version).

And to Symount he putte name Petre.— do. do. (Wiclif). ‘Qy la?’ quod he. ‘Peter! it am I.’— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, B 1404.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German, English) Descendant of Peter (rock).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Christian name, introduced here at the Conquest. It has become the parent of many surnames, as Peters, Peterson, Piers, Pierce, Pearse, Pearee, Pears, Peers, Pierson, Pearson, Peterken, Perkin, Perkins, Purkess and Purkis, Perk, Pyrke, Perks, Perkes, Park, Parks, Parkes, Parkin, Parkyn, Parkins, Parkinson, and perhaps Porson and Parsons.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A rock.

— The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

The son of Peter.

— The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

From Peir or Peter, and the patronymic or diminutive termination ins,—little Peter, or the son of Peter.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

1. Henry de Petra, Normandy 1180-95; Warin de P. 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugh de Petra, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum). 2. From Fitz-Peter. Thomas, Robert, Rainald, Ausfrid, Fitz-Peter, Norm. 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

— The Norman People (1874)

Perkins,Perkin —Confined mostly to the southern half of England, being most numerous in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and South Wales.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

Petrus: Simon Petrus, one of the apostles of Jesus in the new testament of the bible - Saint Peter. Petrus - Latin form from Greek Petros meaning 'rock' or 'stone'.

- ppetrus

First found in Aberdeenshire. Originated as Petros, meaning 'rock'.

- mixi

DNA test information

Peter Demographics

Peter Religious Adherence
in Russia

Sample size: 24 (2016)

Religious Adherence
in Russia

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Peter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peter Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Peter (Arabic: بُطرس, Bengali: পেটের, Georgian: პეტერ, Hindi: पीटर, Marathi: पेटर, Oriya: ପିଟର, Russian: Петер, Tibetan: པི་ཀྲར་) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Péter or Pétér. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peter? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 428^th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,068 people. The surname Peter occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Peter reside; 38 percent reside in East Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 39^th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 7,469,320 people.

Peter is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 367,227 people, or 1 in 482. In Nigeria Peter is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent reside, Kaduna, where 7 percent reside and Plateau, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 197 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.

Peter Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Peter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 319 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 718 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 459 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 338 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Peter Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Peter surname is predominantly Catholic (79%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Christian (99%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (44%) in Lebanon, Christian (97%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (63%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Peter last name are 8.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.98% being registered with the party.

The amount Peter earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 7.96% less than the national average, earning €27,640 per year; in Norway they earn 6.73% more than the national average, earning 369,386 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.65% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,032 per year; in South Africa they earn 24.43% less than the national average, earning R 179,580 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $21,778,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.19% more than the national average, earning $44,956 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.94% less than the national average, earning $49,214 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Péter	93	12,105	/
Petter	91	13,109	/
Pieter	91	5,382	/
Pester	91	3,567	/
Peiter	91	2,031	/
Pether	91	1,115	/
Petere	91	1,098	/
Peeter	91	465	/
Peterz	91	112	/
Poeter	91	81	/
Peuter	91	76	/
Peterd	91	47	/
Pejter	91	44	/
Pehter	91	37	/
Peyter	91	36	/
Peater	91	30	/
Petier	91	23	/
Peterr	91	18	/
Peteer	91	11	/
Petert	91	11	/
Peteur	91	9	/
Petetr	91	8	/
Peterp	91	5	/
Pheter	91	5	/
Peterh	91	4	/
Ppeter	91	3	/
Petger	91	3	/
Paeter	91	2	/
Pfeter	91	2	/
Vpeter	91	1	/
Bpeter	91	1	/
Petear	91	0	/
Pete	89	15,641	/
Pétér	87	1	/
Peaster	83	573	/
Poetter	83	456	/
Pechter	83	389	/
Peytier	83	339	/
Phieter	83	242	/
Peister	83	199	/
Pettier	83	169	/
Petterd	83	168	/
Peatier	83	78	/
Peither	83	61	/
Pietter	83	55	/
Peyster	83	46	/
Peştere	83	34	/
Petterz	83	30	/
Pieterz	83	27	/
Peetter	83	17	/
Piether	83	16	/
Peterre	83	14	/
Phether	83	12	/
Poether	83	12	/
Pieteur	83	11	/
Pesther	83	10	/
Pettere	83	7	/
Pfester	83	4	/
Pfeiter	83	4	/
Peitier	83	3	/
Pieterh	83	3	/
Peather	83	2	/
Phester	83	2	/
Peetier	83	2	/
Peteher	83	2	/
Pesterd	83	1	/
Pieterr	83	1	/
Peatter	83	1	/
Peitter	83	1	/
Peszter	83	1	/
Peterrr	83	1	/
Phetger	83	1	/
Poetier	83	1	/
Paetter	83	0	/
Phetter	83	0	/
Peester	83	0	/
Pethier	83	0	/
Pettert	83	0	/
Petre	80	49,906	/
Pater	80	14,227	/
Pethe	80	7,748	/
Piter	80	7,234	/
Peete	80	3,784	/
Peate	80	1,666	/
Pette	80	1,510	/
Petje	80	1,247	/
Poter	80	1,165	/
Petey	80	1,103	/
Petes	80	1,044	/
Peste	80	579	/
Phete	80	573	/
Pyter	80	561	/
Petet	80	431	/
Peteh	80	428	/
Petee	80	332	/
Pöter	80	298	/
Peute	80	270	/
Piete	80	224	/
Petie	80	218	/
Petea	80	201	/
Petir	80	194	/
Petei	80	110	/
Peite	80	108	/
Petez	80	97	/
Peteš	80	88	/
Peteu	80	83	/
Petej	80	78	/
Petep	80	33	/
Peşte	80	26	/
Pýter	80	7	/
Peted	80	6	/
Pește	80	6	/
Pehte	80	5	/
Peyte	80	5	/
Petyr	80	1	/
Peteî	80	1	/
Peteő	80	1	/
Píter	80	1	/
Ppete	80	1	/
Peterová	77	1,263	/
Pfeister	77	265	/
Pheister	77	61	/
Peterova	77	57	/
Peijster	77	52	/
Petterøe	77	44	/
Pfeaster	77	15	/
Pietteur	77	5	/
Pesterre	77	3	/
Pheaster	77	2	/
Pejszter	77	2	/
Peachter	77	2	/
Pehetier	77	1	/
Pietteyr	77	1	/
Pheather	77	1	/
Pfeester	77	0	/
Potter	73	176,050	/
Potier	73	17,994	/
Piette	73	10,001	/
Pather	73	7,571	/
Pitter	73	5,364	/
Pötter	73	2,932	/
Pister	73	2,428	/
Pettey	73	2,242	/
Pettet	73	1,826	/
Pettie	73	1,825	/
Pither	73	1,688	/
Pethes	73	763	/
Pettee	73	567	/
Pettes	73	537	/
Patter	73	487	/
Patier	73	378	/
Peteet	73	358	/
Peatey	73	317	/
Paiter	73	285	/
Poiter	73	249	/
Phethe	73	176	/
Payter	73	166	/
Piethe	73	164	/
Petett	73	155	/
Pyster	73	122	/
Petech	73	101	/
Petheő	73	90	/
Pateer	73	90	/
Peatee	73	89	/
Peates	73	71	/
Peshte	73	64	/
Pethei	73	63	/
Potear	73	62	/
Pitere	73	56	/
Peetre	73	55	/
Petted	73	54	/
Pestes	73	51	/
Pitier	73	47	/
Pother	73	46	/
Phater	73	40	/
Pajter	73	38	/
Petire	73	35	/
Peitre	73	35	/
Peetje	73	31	/
Petesh	73	26	/
Pioter	73	26	/
Pöther	73	24	/
Pettre	73	21	/
Pestey	73	20	/
Peetes	73	19	/
Petteh	73	19	/
Peetey	73	19	/
Peutte	73	19	/
Pettei	73	18	/
Peytie	73	18	/
Phiter	73	15	/
Pyther	73	14	/
Poterr	73	14	/
Piterz	73	14	/
Petehs	73	12	/
Peatie	73	10	/
Petets	73	10	/
Peteah	73	10	/
Pettge	73	10	/
Petesz	73	10	/
Peytre	73	9	/
Pestet	73	9	/
Péteur	73	9	/
Pesteh	73	8	/
Petreň	73	8	/
Piteur	73	7	/
Peatez	73	6	/
Poteer	73	5	/
Peteis	73	5	/
Pateur	73	5	/
Pieëte	73	5	/
Poyter	73	4	/
Peitte	73	4	/
Pettir	73	4	/
Pahter	73	4	/
Peteys	73	4	/
Peetee	73	4	/
Pethey	73	4	/
Petheš	73	4	/
Pestez	73	4	/
Poteur	73	4	/
Pytter	73	3	/
Pätter	73	3	/
Patear	73	2	/
Ppiter	73	2	/
Piteer	73	2	/
Peiste	73	2	/
Phetes	73	2	/
Peteit	73	2	/
Peeteh	73	2	/
Pietie	73	2	/
Päster	73	2	/
D'Pete	73	2	/
Petess	73	2	/
Petair	73	2	/
Poteir	73	1	/
Peatre	73	1	/
Pechte	73	1	/
Peette	73	1	/
Peithe	73	1	/
Pheete	73	1	/
Petrre	73	1	/
Pfiter	73	1	/
Peteas	73	1	/
Petees	73	1	/
Petejj	73	1	/
Pethea	73	1	/
Petirz	73	1	/
Petitr	73	1	/
Petreh	73	1	/
Pethet	73	1	/
Peatei	73	1	/
Pétter	73	1	/
Peştea	73	1	/
Petteu	73	1	/
Pfiete	73	1	/
Peutie	73	1	/
Petheu	73	1	/
Petheø	73	1	/
Pete's	73	1	/
Pihter	73	1	/
Phetet	73	1	/
Phetie	73	1	/
Pehthe	73	1	/
Peitee	73	1	/
Pesteň	73	1	/
Põtter	73	1	/
Pájter	73	1	/
Puiter	73	1	/
Pestei	73	1	/
Peites	73	1	/
Peitie	73	1	/
Phetre	73	1	/
Pestea	73	1	/
Pohter	73	1	/
Podter	73	1	/
Padter	73	1	/
Pethie	73	0	/
Pethed	73	0	/
Peteed	73	0	/
Peathe	73	0	/
Pitger	73	0	/
Pestee	73	0	/
Pettea	73	0	/
Peitey	73	0	/
Peitez	73	0	/
Peaste	73	0	/
Peatte	73	0	/
Peterhova	71	9	/
Pejterová	71	6	/
Petterová	71	5	/
Pehterova	71	1	/
Pfeistert	71	0	/
Pfister	67	35,826	/
Pottier	67	17,998	/
Peta	67	11,649	/
Pothier	67	7,570	/
Peti	67	4,504	/
Poitier	67	1,803	/
Pettett	67	1,442	/
Pite	67	1,124	/
Peattie	67	1,077	/
Pety	67	783	/
Piotter	67	565	/
Pattier	67	543	/
Petteys	67	543	/
Pittier	67	517	/
Paitier	67	411	/
Phister	67	352	/
Puister	67	350	/
Pathier	67	132	/
Poister	67	75	/
Pfyster	67	68	/
Piszter	67	64	/
Pöttger	67	54	/
Pête	67	32	/
Phateur	67	26	/
Petteep	67	26	/
Pitterr	67	18	/
Petteit	67	15	/
Pihster	67	14	/
Paister	67	13	/
Phettep	67	13	/
Pyte	67	8	/
Poitter	67	8	/
Pichter	67	8	/
Peté	67	8	/
Pechtep	67	7	/
Pistere	67	6	/
Piterre	67	6	/
Phetihe	67	6	/
Potterr	67	5	/
Pechtes	67	5	/
Paither	67	4	/
Péte	67	4	/
Pittere	67	3	/
Paitter	67	3	/
Pitterz	67	3	/
Pettetp	67	2	/
Poyster	67	2	/
Pettets	67	2	/
Phatter	67	1	/
Phhette	67	1	/
Pfizter	67	1	/
Pesthei	67	1	/
Petirre	67	1	/
Pishter	67	1	/
Pittert	67	1	/
Phytier	67	1	/
Phitter	67	1	/
Pateher	67	1	/
Peuthie	67	1	/
Peteova	67	1	/
Peteová	67	1	/
Phother	67	1	/
Pheitey	67	1	/
Pitteur	67	1	/
Poitere	67	1	/
Poddter	67	1	/
Poethir	67	1	/
Phather	67	1	/
Payster	67	1	/
Phettes	67	1	/
Phetead	67	1	/
Pheteid	67	1	/
Phatier	67	1	/
Petthep	67	1	/
Petheed	67	1	/
Peteitt	67	0	/
Petteis	67	0	/
Ppister	67	0	/
Peattee	67	0	/
Pitterd	67	0	/
Peetett	67	0	/
Pfahter	67	0	/
Peastey	67	0	/
Potteer	67	0	/
Pettiey	67	0	/
Pitther	67	0	/
Paihter	67	0	/
Piettea	67	0	/
Piettie	67	0	/
Pottear	67	0	/
Pyttger	67	0	/
Peggite	67	0	/
Photter	67	0	/

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Peter Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Peter in the Georgian language
პეტერ	peter	-
Peter in the Hindi language
पीटर	pitara	-
Peter in the Oriya language
ପିଟର	pitara	67.63
ପିଟାର	pitara	28.06
ପିେଟର	pietara	2.88
Peter in the Tibetan language
པི་ཀྲར་	pitrar	66.67
པི་ཊར་	pitar	33.33
Peter in the Bengali language
পেটের	petera	66.67
পেতের	petera	16.67
পেটেররঙাকা	peteraranaka	16.67
Peter in the Marathi language
पेटर	petara	31.21
पेतर	petara	28.9
पेटेर	petera	16.18
पेतेर	petera	7.51
टेरो	tero	2.89
तेर	tera	2.31
पीतेर	pitera	1.16
पीटेर	pitera	1.16
पॆतॆर्	peter	0.58
टेर	tera	0.58
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Peter in the Russian language
Петер	peter	-
Peter in the Arabic language
بُطرس	butrs	-
بيتير	bytyr	-
بيتر	bytr	-
بطرس	btrs	-

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