Distribution of the name 'Peter'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Peter' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Peter'
In the UK there are 19.061 phone book entries with the surname Peter and approximately 83.009 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Peter is the 66. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 1.809.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Central (1.735), West Yorkshire (922), Lancashire (908), Lothian (857), Strathclyde (822), Fife (626), Tayside (618), Surrey (431), as well as North Yorkshire (420).
The following surnames sound like Peter: Potter, Petrie, Pottery, Pedder, Pither, Pether, Petrou, Petter, Peddar, Petre, Petrey, Pitter, Powter, Petri, Patri, Pietro, Pater, Pedro, Potier, Payter, Pottier, Pewter, Petry, Powder, Pot7er, Padhiar, Patter, Petra, Petro, Petr.
The distribution of the name 'Peter' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Peter in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Peter is is the 43. most common name - 1.809 persons |
| Central - The surname Peter is is the 43. most common name - 1.735 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Peter is is the 104. most common name - 922 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Peter is is the 72. most common name - 908 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Peter is is the 24. most common name - 857 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Peter is is the 35. most common name - 822 persons |
| Fife - The surname Peter is is the 31. most common name - 626 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Peter is is the 34. most common name - 618 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Peter is is the 54. most common name - 431 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Peter is is the 50. most common name - 420 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Peter is the 206. most common name - 385 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Peter is the 55. most common name - 379 persons |
| Essex - The surname Peter is the 101. most common name - 367 persons |
| Kent - The surname Peter is the 149. most common name - 352 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Peter is the 118. most common name - 349 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Peter is the 200. most common name - 349 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Peter is the 136. most common name - 337 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Peter is the 79. most common name - 332 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Peter is the 118. most common name - 325 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Peter is the 103. most common name - 320 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Peter is the 86. most common name - 300 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Peter is the 95. most common name - 285 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Peter is the 78. most common name - 283 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Peter is the 70. most common name - 275 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Peter is the 66. most common name - 273 persons |
| Devon - The surname Peter is the 75. most common name - 244 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Peter is the 128. most common name - 234 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Peter is the 79. most common name - 221 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Peter is the 91. most common name - 213 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Peter is the 48. most common name - 205 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Peter is is the 82. most common name - 202 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Peter is is the 168. most common name - 193 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Peter is is the 117. most common name - 185 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Peter is is the 116. most common name - 184 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Peter is is the 48. most common name - 182 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Peter is is the 123. most common name - 167 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Peter is is the 113. most common name - 165 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Peter is is the 115. most common name - 161 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Peter is is the 90. most common name - 157 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Peter is is the 84. most common name - 153 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Peter is is the 60. most common name - 149 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Peter is is the 208. most common name - 138 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Peter is is the 87. most common name - 126 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Peter is is the 132. most common name - 125 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Peter is is the 106. most common name - 124 persons |
| County Down - The surname Peter is is the 64. most common name - 123 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Peter is is the 136. most common name - 104 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Peter is is the 135. most common name - 104 persons |
| Highland - The surname Peter is is the 67. most common name - 100 persons |
| Durham - The surname Peter is is the 150. most common name - 95 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Peter is is the 67. most common name - 86 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Peter is is the 243. most common name - 84 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Peter is is the 138. most common name - 84 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Peter is is the 42. most common name - 79 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Peter is is the 124. most common name - 60 persons |
| Powys - The surname Peter is is the 55. most common name - 50 persons |
| Borders - The surname Peter is is the 43. most common name - 50 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Peter is is the 66. most common name - 47 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Peter is is the 134. most common name - 42 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Peter is is the 43. most common name - 39 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Peter is is the 142. most common name - 39 persons |
| Avon - The surname Peter is is the 32. most common name - 35 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Peter is is the 86. most common name - 34 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Peter is is the 43. most common name - 30 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Peter is is the 96. most common name - 26 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Peter is is the 221. most common name - 21 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Peter is is the 213. most common name - 17 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Peter is is the 40. most common name - 13 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Peter is is the 119. most common name - 12 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Peter is is the 93. most common name - 6 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Peter is is the 450. most common name - 1 person |
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