Peterjohn Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Peterjohn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peterjohn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:5,034,152256,679
India51:153,413,076951,030
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Peterjohn (181) may also be a first name.

Peterjohn Last Name Facts

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

Peterjohn is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peterjohn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,075,631st most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Peterjohn live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. Peterjohn is also the 677,199th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 181 people.

The last name Peterjohn is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 5,034,152. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 39 percent are found, Minnesota, where 14 percent are found and Utah, where 10 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.

Peterjohn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Peterjohn has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 554 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peterjohn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Peterjohn last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the party.

Peterjohn earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.51% more than the national average, earning $47,254 USD 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
  • 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 Peterjohn
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