Pieters Surname
Approximately 33,154 people bear this surname
Pieters Surname User-submission:
The surname Pieters means 'son of Pieter'.
Pieters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14,213 | 1:3,812 | 509 |
| Netherlands | 6,518 | 1:2,591 | 183 |
| Belgium | 6,205 | 1:1,853 | 114 |
| Namibia | 1,471 | 1:1,638 | 225 |
| United States | 1,363 | 1:265,927 | 25,042 |
| France | 1,128 | 1:58,885 | 7,903 |
| Indonesia | 545 | 1:242,659 | 22,279 |
| Canada | 260 | 1:141,714 | 14,582 |
| Germany | 229 | 1:351,552 | 34,059 |
| Australia | 221 | 1:122,152 | 13,424 |
| England | 176 | 1:316,580 | 23,688 |
| Aruba | 125 | 1:828 | 114 |
| Venezuela | 125 | 1:241,633 | 6,087 |
| New Zealand | 66 | 1:68,611 | 10,369 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| Guyana | 48 | 1:15,880 | 2,122 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Spain | 44 | 1:1,062,546 | 38,570 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Curaçao | 33 | 1:4,765 | 122 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
The alternate forms: Piéters (1) & Pïeters (1) are calculated separately.
Pieters (341) may also be a first name.
Pieters Surname Meaning
Pieters Demographics
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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
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