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
The last name Péter is held by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Peter or Pétér. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Péter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 43,005th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 602,028 people. Péter is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Péter are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 82 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 7,949th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 131,217 people.
This last name is most common in Hungary, where it is carried by 9,981 people, or 1 in 983. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Pest County, where 15 percent are found, Budapest, where 14 percent are found and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 8 percent are found. Besides Hungary this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also found 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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