Peturson Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Peturson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peturson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada481:767,61660,775
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Peturson Last Name Facts

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

Peturson is borne by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peturson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,746,821st most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Peturson reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Peturson is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 767,616. In Canada it is most common in: Alberta, where 63 percent are found, British Columbia, where 13 percent are found and Ontario, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Canada this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Bulgaria, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Peturson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Peturson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Peturson last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peturson Last Name Statistics demography

Peturson earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 11.19% less than the national average, earning $44,125 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petursson94511/
Petorson888/
Paturson882/
Pétursson821,417/
Patursson82165/
Pètursson822/
Peatirson822/
Pettorson821/
Pietirson821/
Pettirson820/
Pettorsson7831/
Pitorson7523/
Pattirson716/

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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 Peturson
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