Last Name PETTERSON

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Meaning	The son of Peter, an old dialectic form.

Origin	English, Danish, Norwegian, Irish, Austrian, South african

Rank	9,859 (2000 US census)	7,379 (1990 US census)

Count	3,024 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

80.13%, or 2423 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
14.29%, or 432 total occurrences, as black,
0.63%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.46%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 42 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.11%, or 94 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...