Péter Surname
Approximately 12,105 people bear this surname
Péter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 9,981 | 1:983 | 102 |
| Romania | 1,731 | 1:11,599 | 1,501 |
| Slovakia | 332 | 1:16,074 | 2,323 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Peter (1,201,067) & Pétér (1) are calculated separately.
Péter (131,217) may also be a first name.
Péter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Péter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Péter is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Peter or Pétér. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Péter? popularity and diffusion
Péter is the 43,005th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 602,028 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Péter are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 82 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Péter is also the 7,949th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 131,217 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 9,981 people, or 1 in 983. In Hungary Péter is mostly found in: Pest County, where 15 percent are found, Budapest, where 14 percent are found and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Hungary it exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 14 percent are found and Slovakia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Péter
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