How common is the surname Petterson?

3,136 people in the United States had the surname Petterson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,452 Americans. It ranked 10,280th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Petterson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,136 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Petterson

A surname, carried by 3,136 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petterson is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,136 people named Petterson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,452 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,024.

#10,280

rank among US surnames

3,136

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,859)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389
#10,278	Renz	3,137	98,421
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452
#10,284	Takacs	3,135	98,483
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546

Who is named Petterson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Petterson identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petterson

Petterson has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

Questions

How common is the surname Petterson?: 3,136 people in the United States had the surname Petterson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,452 Americans. It ranked 10,280th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petterson?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Petterson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Petterson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,136 in 2010, up 3.7%.