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Peters (surname)

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Geographical distribution
People
References

Peters is a patronymic surname (Peter's son) of Dutch, English and Low German origin. It can also be an English translation of Gaelic Mac Pheadair (same meaning) or an Americanized form of cognate surnames like Peeters or Pieters.^[1].

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 34.4% of all known bearers of the surname Peters were residents of the United States (frequency 1:2,037), 23.6% of Germany (1:658), 6.4% of the Netherlands (1:511), 5.4% of Canada (1:1,328), 5.2% of Nigeria (1:6,574), 4.8% of England (1:2,261), 3.9% of South Africa (1:2,708), 3.1% of Australia (1:1,482), 1.2% of Togo (1:1,226), 1.1% of Sierra Leone (1:1,214) and 1.0% of Belgium (1:2,220) .

In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:511) in the following provinces:

1. Gelderland (1:198)
2. Limburg (1:215)
3. Bonaire (1:322)
4. North Brabant (1:433)

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:658) in the following states:^[2]

1. Schleswig-Holstein (1:209)
2. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:220)
3. Hamburg (1:293)
4. Lower Saxony (1:364)
5. North Rhine-Westphalia (1:402)
6. Bremen (1:471)

People

Alan Peters (1933-2009), British furniture maker
Andrew James Peters (1872–1938), Mayor of Boston
Andrew Peters (born 1980) Canadian ice hockey player
Andi Peters (born 1970), British television presenter
Anna Peters (1843–1926), German flower and landscape painter, daughter of Pieter Francis Peters
Anton Peters (1923–1989), Belgian actor and film director
Arno Peters (1916–2002), German filmmaker & historian. Peters map projection.
Arnold Peters (1922–1996), Canadian politician
Arnold Peters (1925–2013), British actor
Arthur Peters (1854–1908), Canadian politician
Artuur Peters (born 1996), Belgian canoeist
Aulana L. Peters, American lawyer
Bas Peters (born 1976), Dutch mountain biker
Benedict Peters (born 1966), Nigerian billionaire
Bernadette Peters (born 1948), American actress
Brock Peters (1927–2005), American actor
Butz Peters (born 1958), German television presenter
Caleigh Peters (born 1988), American musician, daughter of Jon Peters
Carl Peters (1856–1918), German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author
Caroline Peters (born 1971), German actress
Cas Peters (born 1993), Dutch football winger
Cash Peters, British travel writer
Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880), German astronomer
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813–1890), Danish-born American astronomer
Ciska Peters (born 1945), Dutch pop singer
Clarence Peters (born 1980s), Nigerian music video director, filmmaker and cinematographer
Clarence James Peters (born 1940), known as C.J. Peters, American physician and virologist
Clayre Peters, American model
Dan Peters (born 1967), American rock drummer
Dave Peters (radio personality) (born 1976), Flemish radio presenter
David Peters (poker player) (born 1987), American poker player
Dean Peters (1958–1998), American wrestler
Demi-Leigh Peters (born 1995), South African model and Miss Universe 2017
Dipuo Peters (born 1960), South African Premier of the Northern Cape, Minister of Energy and Minister of Transport
Douglas Peters (1930–2016), Canadian banker and politician
Duane Peters (born 1961), skateboarder and punk singer/songwriter
Dwight Peters (born 1986), Guyanese football midfielder
Edgar E. Peters (born 1952), asset manager and writer
Eugène Peters (born 1946), Dutch painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Elizabeth Peters, pseudonym used by American author Barbara Mertz
Ellen Ash Peters (born 1930), German-born American lawyer and judge
Ellen Dolly Peters (1894–1995), Montserratian teacher and trade unionist
Ellis Peters, pseudonym used by author Edith Pargeter
Emmitt Peters (born 1940), American dog sled racer
Erik Peters, Canadian civil servant
Eugène Peters (born 1946), Dutch painter, printmaker and sculptor
Francis Edward Peters, American scholar on Middle Eastern religions
Fred Peters (1867–1935), Dutch-born American (Utah) politician
Frederick Peters (1851–1919), Canadian lawyer and politician
Frederick Emerson Peters (1885–1959), American fraudster
Frederick Thornton Peters (1889–1942), Canadian Captain in the Royal Navy
Frosty Peters (1904–1980), American football player
Gary Peters (baseball player) (born 1937), former American baseball player
Gary Peters (footballer) (born 1954), British football manager
Gary Peters (Michigan politician) (born 1958), former Michigan state senator
George Henry Peters (1863–1947), American astronomer
George J. Peters (1924–1945), American Medal of Honor recipient
Gerard Peters (1920–2005), Dutch track and road cyclist
Gretchen Peters (born 1957), American country singer
Hans Peters (fl. 2001), Dutch game show contestant
Herman Peters (1899–1989), Australian rugby league footballer
Hugh Peters (1598–1660), English preacher and regicide
Ivo Peters (1915–1989), English photographer of steam railways
J. Peters, head of secret apparatus of the CPUSA in the 1930s
Jaime Peters (born 1987), Canadian soccer player
James Peters (rugby player) (1879–1954), English rugby player
James A. Peters (1922–1972), American herpetologist
James Lee Peters (1889–1952), American ornithologist
Jan Peters (football) (born 1953), retired Dutch football (soccer) player
Jason Peters (born 1982), American football player
Jean Peters (1926–2000), American actress
Jim Peters (athlete) (1918–1999), English long-distance runner
Jim Peters (politician) (born 1937), New Zealand politician
Joan Peters (born 1938), American journalist
John Peters (chess player) (born 1951), American chess player
John A. Peters (1822-1904), a US representative from Maine
John A. Peters (1864-1953), a US representative from Maine
John Samuel Peters (1772–1858), American politician and governor of the state of Connecticut
Jon Peters (born 1945), American film producer
Jordens Peters (born 1987), Dutch football defender
Josef Peters (driver) (1914–2001), German Formula One driver
Julie Anne Peters (born 1942), American children's writer
Karl Peters (1856–1918), German traveller in East Africa
Kasey Peters, American football player
Kenroy Peters (born 1982), cricketer from St Vincent
Laine Peters (born 1970), Canadian curler
Lana Peters (1926–2011), since 1970 the name of the youngest child of Joseph Stalin who defected to the United States
Lauri Peters (born 1943), American actress
Lennie Peters (1931–1992), British singer from Peters and Lee
Leonard Peters (born 1981), Samoan American football safety and rugby player
Lilo Peters (1913–2001), North German painter and sculptor
Linda Peters (born 1947), English folk rock singer a.k.a. Linda Thompson
Lyle Peters (born 1991), South African footballer
Maria Liberia Peters (born 1941), Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles 1984–86
Mariko Peters (born 1969), Dutch politician
Mark Peters (disambiguation), various people
Martin Peters (born 1943), English footballer
Mary Peters (athlete) (born 1939), British athlete
Mary Peters (politician) (born 1948), U.S. transportation official
Michael Peters (1948–1994), American choreographer
Michael Peters (designer), British designer
Mike Peters (cartoonist) (born 1943), American cartoonist
Mike Peters (musician) (born 1959), Welsh singer, musician and songwriter with The Alarm
Mike Peters, drummer with Cancer Bats
Mitchell Peters, American percussionist and composer
Molly Peters (1942–2017), British actress
Nancy Peters, Anenrican author and publisher
Nick Peters, former American baseball writer
Nonja Peters (born c.1945), Dutch-born Australian author
Piet Peters (born 1921), Dutch road cyclist
Pieter Francis Peters (1818–1903), Dutch-born German landscape painter, graphic artist and art dealer
Pietronella Peters (1848–1924), German portrait and genre painter, daughter of Pieter Francis Peters
Ralph Peters (born 1952), American soldier and writer
Ralph Peters (LIRR) (1853-??), American railroad president
Randolph Peters (born 1959), Canadian composer
Ray Peters (born 1946), American baseball player
Raymond Peters (1918–1995), British polymer chemist
Rebecca Peters, Australian gun activist
Red Peters, American musician and songwriter
Reinhard Peters (1926–2008), German operatic conductor, violinist and academic teacher
René Peters (born 1981), Luxembourgish footballer
Richard Peters (priest) (1704–1776), Pennsylvania colonial minister, uncle of the Continental Congressman
Richard Peters (football coach) (1920–1973), American football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas
Richard Peters, Jr. (1744–1828), Pennsylvania jurist, Continental Congressman, Continental Army official
Richard Peters (Supreme Court) (1780–1848), Reporter of Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, son of the Continental Congressman
Richard Peters (Atlanta) (1810–1889), a founder of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, grandson of the Continental Congressman
Richard Stanley Peters (born 1919), British philosopher
Rick Peters (born 1966), American actor
Rick Peters (baseball) (born 1955), former American baseball player
Robert Peters (1924–2014), American poet
Robert Henry Peters (1946–1996), Canadian ecologist and limnologist
Roberta Peters (1930-2017), American singer
Rodrigo Peters Marques (born 1985), Brazilian football goalkeeper
Rudolph Albert Peters (1889–1982), British biochemist
Rudolph F. Peters (born 1943), Dutch scholar of Islam
Russell Peters (born 1970), Canadian comedian
Ryan Peters (disambiguation), various people
Shina Peters (born 1958), Nigerian musician
Steffen Peters (born 1964), German-born American equestrian
Stephen Peters (born 1978), English cricketer
Steve Peters (Ontario politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician, from Ontario
Steve Peters (Manitoba politician) (1912–1976), Canadian politician, from Manitoba
Steve Peters (game designer) (born 1961), American game designer
Susan Peters (1921–1952), American actress
Susan Peters (Nigerian actress) (born 1980), Nigerian actress
Susan Peters (TV anchor), American broadcaster
Sylvia Peters (1925–2016), English television continuity announcer and presenter
Thomas Peters (black leader) (1738–1792), one of the leaders of the African Americans brought to Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War
Tim A. Peters, American humanitarian aid worker
Timothy Peters (born 1980), American racing driver
Tina Peters (born 1968), German field hockey player
Tom Peters (born 1942), American business consultant and writer, author of In Search of Excellence
Vicki Peters (born 1950), American model and actress
Vivian Peters (born 1975), Nigerian shot putter
Volney Peters (born 1928), American football player
Warren Peters (born 1982), Canadian hockey player
Wendi Peters (born 1968), British actress
Werner Peters (1918–1971), German actor
Wilfred Peters, Belizean accordionist
Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German explorer and naturalist
Wilhelm Peters (1851–1935), Norwegian painter
Willem Peters (1903–1995), Dutch triple jump athlete
William Peters (lawyer) (1702–1786), American colonial period judge
William Theodore Peters an American poet and actor during the 1890s
William Wesley Peters (1912–1991), American architect
Winston Peters (born 1945), New Zealand politician and leader of the New Zealand First Party
Winston Peters, Trinidad and Tobago politician usually known as Gypsy (calypsonian)
Yakov Peters (1886–1936), Latvian deputy director of the Cheka

References

1. ^ [https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=peters Peters Name Meaning] at ancestry.com, sourced from Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
2. ^[https://forebears.io/surnames/peters Peters surname distribution]

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