Surname Checker / Peterson
How Common Is the Last Name Peterson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Peterson today
308,137
Ranked #71 of 162,254 published surnames · 94.34 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 278,297 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
84.39%
Black
10.09%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.66%
Hispanic
2.4%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.