Pieters Surname

16,752nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Aruba

Pieters Surname User-submission:

The surname Pieters means 'son of Pieter'.

Pieters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa14,2131:3,812509
Netherlands6,5181:2,591183
Belgium6,2051:1,853114
Namibia1,4711:1,638225
United States1,3631:265,92725,042
France1,1281:58,8857,903
Indonesia5451:242,65922,279
Canada2601:141,71414,582
Germany2291:351,55234,059
Australia2211:122,15213,424
England1761:316,58023,688
Aruba1251:828114
Venezuela1251:241,6336,087
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
Zimbabwe491:315,06631,156
Guyana481:15,8802,122
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Spain441:1,062,54638,570
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Curaçao331:4,765122
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Suriname261:21,2544,689
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Austria151:567,69652,281
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
China51:273,464,31313,838
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

The alternate forms: Piéters (1) & Pïeters (1) are calculated separately.

Pieters (341) may also be a first name.

Pieters Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Pieters means 'son of Pieter'.

- jentldv

Pieters Last Name Facts

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

Pieters occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Piéters or Pïeters. For other possible spellings of Pieters click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pieters? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 16,752nd most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 219,809 people. The surname Pieters is predominantly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Pieters reside; 47 percent reside in Southern Africa and 47 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pieters is also the 472,872nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 341 people.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 14,213 people, or 1 in 3,812. In South Africa Pieters is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 35 percent reside, Gauteng, where 20 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Other than South Africa Pieters occurs in 76 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent reside and Belgium, where 19 percent reside.

Pieters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pieters has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 6,815 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,760 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pieters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pieters surname are 13.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.26% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pieters earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.55% less than the national average, earning 337,265 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.74% more than the national average, earning R 289,296 per year; in United States they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning $48,883 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.73% less than the national average, earning $48,328 CAD per year.

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Pieters Reference & Research

Peters DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Peters FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pieters
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