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

Petersens is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

Petersens is the 5,812,366^th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Petersens occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Petersens live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 60 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 20 percent reside and Western Cape, where 20 percent reside. Beside South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Denmark, where 18 percent reside.

Petersens Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Petersens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Petersens last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.