Pieterson Surname
Approximately 3,770 people bear this surname
Pieterson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,593 | 1:16,962 | 2,149 |
| South Africa | 1,428 | 1:37,940 | 4,867 |
| Netherlands | 527 | 1:32,044 | 5,328 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Pieterson (81) may also be a first name.
Pieterson Demographics
Average Pieterson Salary in
United States
$41,493 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pieterson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pieterson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pieterson is found most frequently in Ghana. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pieterson? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 121,466th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,933,036 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Pieterson live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most widely held forename in the world, borne by 81 people.
The last name Pieterson is most widespread in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,593 people, or 1 in 16,962. Besides Ghana this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 38 percent live and The Netherlands, where 14 percent live.
Pieterson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pieterson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pieterson surname expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 340 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pieterson Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Pieterson are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered with the party.
The amount Pieterson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 9.95% less than the national average, earning R 213,984 per year; in United States they earn 3.84% less than the national average, earning $41,493 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.41% more than the national average, earning $72,740 CAD per year.
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Pieterson Reference & Research
Peterson DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Peterson 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
- 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 Pieterson
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis