Peters (surname)

Peters is a patronymic surname (Peter's son) of Low German Dutch, and English 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 Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:658) in the following states:[2]

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


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Military and police

Politics

Radio and television

Religion

Sports

Writers
  • A. D. Peters (1892–1973), British literary agent
  • Carl Peters (1856–1918), German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author
  • Cash Peters (born 1956), British travel writer
  • Charles Peters (born 1926), American journalist, editor, and author
  • Christoph Peters (born 1966), German novelist
  • Edgar E. Peters (born 1952), asset manager and writer
  • Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013), pseudonym of American author Barbara Mertz
  • Ellis Peters (1913–1995), pseudonym of English author Edith Pargeter
  • Eugenia Peters (1730–1783), English letter writer and publisher
  • Frank Peters Jr. (1930–2007), American journalist
  • Gretchen Peters (journalist), American journalist and organized crime expert
  • Joan Peters (1938–2015), American journalist
  • John Peters (chess player) (born 1951), American chess player and newspaper columnist
  • Julie Anne Peters (born 1942), American children's writer
  • Lenrie Peters (1932–2009), Gambian surgeon, novelist, poet and educationist
  • Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895), German suffragist and writer
  • Lulu Hunt Peters (1873–1930), American physician, dietitian and author
  • Margot Peters (born 1933), American novelist and biographer
  • Maureen Peters (novelist) (1935–2008), Welsh historical novelist
  • Nancy Peters (born 1936), American author and publisher
  • Nonja Peters (born c.1945), Dutch-born Australian author
  • Paula Peters (born c. 1966), Native American journalist
  • Petresia Peters (1834–1924), American author and editor; pen name of Julia Carter Aldrich
  • Phillis Wheatley Peters (c.1753–1784), African-American poet
  • Robert Peters (1924–2014), American poet
  • Roy Peters, pseudonym of English western writer Arthur Nickson (1902–1974)
  • Scott Peters (writer), Canadian television director and screenwriter
  • William Peters (journalist) (1921–2007), American journalist and documentary filmmaker

Other
  • Amina Lahbabi-Peters, Moroccan interpreter and translator
  • Carl Peters (1856–1918), German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author
  • David Peters (poker player) (born 1987), American poker player
  • Demi-Leigh Peters (born 1995), South African model and Miss Universe 2017
  • Erik Peters (born 1930s), Canadian civil servant
  • Frederick Emerson Peters (1885–1959), American fraudster
  • Hans Peters (fl. 2001), Dutch game show contestant
  • J. Peters (1894–1990), pseudonym of Hungarian-born Soviet spy master Sándor Goldberger
  • Karl Peters (1856–1918), German traveller in East Africa Carl Peters
  • Lana Peters (1926–2011), adopted name of Stalin's youngest child, who defected to the United States
  • Mary Peters (1852–1921), Native American (Umpqua) woman and ferry operator in Oregon
  • Paul Douglas Peters, person convicted after 2011 Australian bomb hoax
  • Rachel Peters (born 1991), Filipino-British model and beauty queen
  • Rebecca Todd Peters (born 1967), American feminist and Christian social ethicist
  • Steve Peters (game designer) (born 1961), American game designer
  • Susie Peters (1873–1965), American preservationist and Indian Agency matron
  • Thomas Peters (supercentenarian) (1745?–1857), Dutchman, possibly first recorded person over 110 years old
  • Thomas Kimmwood Peters (1879–1973), American cinema pioneer, photographer, archivist
  • Tim A. Peters (born 1950s), American humanitarian aid worker

References
  1. Peters Name Meaning at ancestry.com, sourced from Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
  2. Peters surname distribution
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