Distribution of the name 'Petersen'
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Map of the surname 'Petersen' in the USA
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Petersen'
In the US there are 22,588 phone book entries with the surname Petersen and approximately 81,398 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Petersen is the 401. most frequent name in the US.
People with this surname live in 51 states. Most occurrences are in California: 3,112.
Other states with lots of occurrences are Iowa (2,066), Minnesota (1,526), Washington (1,293), Nebraska (1,249), Utah (1,152), Florida (916), Wisconsin (859), Oregon (834), as well as New York (743).
The following surnames sound like Petersen: Peterson, Patterson, Pedersen, Pederson, Paterson, Petterson, Pettersen, Peterkin, Petrosino, Petersheim, Pettersson, Petrossian, Patriquin, Petrosyan, Pedregon, Petrosian, Petersohn, Petriccione, Petricone, Pederzani, Patrician, Petersson, Petrisin, Peitersen, Petryszyn, Petryshyn, Petrequin, Petrozzino, Podruchny, Pedercini.
The distribution of the name 'Petersen' in other countries
Surnames sorted by time zone
| Pacific Time Zone | Mountain Time Zone | Central Time Zone |
| Eastern Time Zone | Alaska Time Zone | Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone |
Occurrence of the name Petersen in the states
| California - The surname Petersen is is the 272. most common name - 3,112 persons |
| Iowa - The surname Petersen is is the 25. most common name - 2,066 persons |
| Minnesota - The surname Petersen is is the 51. most common name - 1,526 persons |
| Washington - The surname Petersen is is the 140. most common name - 1,293 persons |
| Nebraska - The surname Petersen is is the 20. most common name - 1,249 persons |
| Utah - The surname Petersen is is the 40. most common name - 1,152 persons |
| Florida - The surname Petersen is is the 711. most common name - 916 persons |
| Wisconsin - The surname Petersen is is the 115. most common name - 859 persons |
| Oregon - The surname Petersen is is the 142. most common name - 834 persons |
| New York - The surname Petersen is is the 887. most common name - 743 persons |
| Texas - The surname Petersen is the 1137. most common name - 713 persons |
| Arizona - The surname Petersen is the 193. most common name - 655 persons |
| Colorado - The surname Petersen is the 231. most common name - 625 persons |
| Illinois - The surname Petersen is the 367. most common name - 593 persons |
| Michigan - The surname Petersen is the 426. most common name - 492 persons |
| Idaho - The surname Petersen is the 94. most common name - 428 persons |
| New Jersey - The surname Petersen is the 618. most common name - 401 persons |
| South Dakota - The surname Petersen is the 36. most common name - 389 persons |
| Missouri - The surname Petersen is the 719. most common name - 350 persons |
| Massachusetts - The surname Petersen is the 1046. most common name - 319 persons |
| Montana - The surname Petersen is the 100. most common name - 301 persons |
| Virginia - The surname Petersen is the 1332. most common name - 261 persons |
| Pennsylvania - The surname Petersen is the 2092. most common name - 260 persons |
| Kansas - The surname Petersen is the 489. most common name - 251 persons |
| Connecticut - The surname Petersen is the 515. most common name - 244 persons |
| Nevada - The surname Petersen is the 185. most common name - 231 persons |
| Ohio - The surname Petersen is the 1212. most common name - 223 persons |
| Georgia - The surname Petersen is the 1958. most common name - 180 persons |
| Maryland - The surname Petersen is the 1321. most common name - 173 persons |
| North Carolina - The surname Petersen is the 2344. most common name - 172 persons |
| Wyoming - The surname Petersen is is the 117. most common name - 140 persons |
| North Dakota - The surname Petersen is is the 172. most common name - 133 persons |
| Alaska - The surname Petersen is is the 159. most common name - 120 persons |
| Oklahoma - The surname Petersen is is the 1610. most common name - 114 persons |
| Indiana - The surname Petersen is is the 1763. most common name - 108 persons |
| Tennessee - The surname Petersen is is the 2689. most common name - 106 persons |
| Lousiana - The surname Petersen is is the 2157. most common name - 99 persons |
| Maine - The surname Petersen is is the 1182. most common name - 99 persons |
| South Carolina - The surname Petersen is is the 2049. most common name - 95 persons |
| Arkansas - The surname Petersen is is the 1795. most common name - 81 persons |
| Kentucky - The surname Petersen is is the 2785. most common name - 72 persons |
| New Mexico - The surname Petersen is is the 950. most common name - 71 persons |
| New Hampshire - The surname Petersen is is the 1413. most common name - 67 persons |
| Alabama - The surname Petersen is is the 3278. most common name - 62 persons |
| Hawaii - The surname Petersen is is the 812. most common name - 55 persons |
| Vermont - The surname Petersen is is the 1410. most common name - 41 persons |
| Mississippi - The surname Petersen is is the 3478. most common name - 31 persons |
| West Virginia - The surname Petersen is is the 3657. most common name - 25 persons |
| Rhode Island - The surname Petersen is is the 2492. most common name - 25 persons |
| Washington D.C. - The surname Petersen is is the 1352. most common name - 19 persons |
| Delaware - The surname Petersen is is the 2652. most common name - 14 persons |
