How common is the last name Petersen?

58,885 people in the United States have the last name Petersen, about 1 in 5,076. It ranks #563 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PETERSEN

#563

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,885
About
1 in 5,076
This common or more
33.3%
Who bears it

Of the 58,885 people with the last name Petersen, 90.5% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Petersen

#561 Owen · 58,962#562 Arias · 58,926#564 Cain · 58,521#565 Melendez · 58,520

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Petersen, most common first.

#77 Peterson · 265,150#215 Peters · 132,098#1,783 Pedersen · 19,674#2,577 Pederson · 13,694#11,132 Petterson · 2,720#13,078 Peterkin · 2,242#20,083 Pettersen · 1,341#76,236 Petersohn · 272

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