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petterson Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of Swedish Pettersson or Norwegian, Danish, and Dutch Pettersen.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the petterson family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of petterson Families in the US in 1920
Number of petterson families
 133-264
 45-132		 1-44
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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