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Peterson Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and German: patronymic from Peter.Americanized form of similar surnames of non-English origin (such
as Petersen, or Swedish Pettersson).In VT, there
are Petersons who were originally called by the French name
Beausoleil; in some documentation this was translated fairly
literally as Prettysun, which was then assimilated to Peterson.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Peterson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Peterson families
 4,011 - 8,020  1,338 - 4,010 |
 1 - 1,337  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Peterson families
|
191 - 379 64 - 190 |
1 - 63 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Peterson families
|
148 - 294 50 - 147 |
1 - 49 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Peterson Family Origin
Peterson Immigration Information
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Peterson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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