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Peters (surname)

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Peters is a patronymic surname (Peter's son) of Low German, Dutch, and English origin. It can also be an English translation of Gaelic Mac Pheadair (same meaning) or an Americanized form of cognate surnames like Peeters or Pieters.[1]

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As of 2014, 34.4% of all known bearers of the surname Peters were residents of the United States (frequency 1:2,037), 23.6% of Germany (1:658), 6.4% of the Netherlands (1:511), 5.4% of Canada (1:1,328), 5.2% of Nigeria (1:6,574), 4.8% of England (1:2,261), 3.9% of South Africa (1:2,708), 3.1% of Australia (1:1,482), 1.2% of Togo (1:1,226), 1.1% of Sierra Leone (1:1,214) and 1.0% of Belgium (1:2,220).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:658) in the following states:[2]

In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:511) in the following provinces:

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References

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  1. ^ Peters Name Meaning at ancestry.com, sourced from Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Peters surname distribution