Pētersons Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Pētersons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Petersons (4,197) are calculated separately.
Pētersons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pētersons Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pētersons is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Petersons. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pētersons? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,876,555th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Pētersons is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pētersons are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
Pētersons is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 62,123. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Latvia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 26 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersons | 96 | 4,197 | / |
| Patersons | 89 | 3 | / |
| Potersons | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pattersons | 84 | 6 | / |
| Petterssons | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petersens | 78 | 11 | / |
| Petersans | 78 | 1 | / |
| Petrusonis | 74 | 32 | / |
| Petershans | 74 | 27 | / |
| Pietersens | 74 | 6 | / |
| Petersines | 74 | 0 | / |
| Peterson-Haas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paterson-Hawes | 70 | 8 | / |
| Pieters-Nys | 70 | 1 | / |
| Petrusjonas | 70 | 1 | / |
| Pattersonhayes | 70 | 1 | / |
| Peterson-Hayes | 70 | 1 | / |
| Petershsans | 70 | 0 | / |
| Peterzéns | 67 | 22 | / |
| Peterzens | 67 | 18 | / |
| Peters-Ennis | 67 | 8 | / |
| Petrusins | 67 | 8 | / |
| Peters-Hynas | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pedersens | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pattersonhughes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paterson-Hughes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petrisins | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pettersson Sjöö | 67 | 2 | / |
| Patrocins | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pitrisins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettersson Ihse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettersson Wass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettersson Wiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettersson Öiås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peters-Heins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peterzèns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petrosins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peeters-Nies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peeters-Nijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piterjanst | 63 | 23 | / |
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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 Pētersons
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