Paterson is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Paterson
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Paterson

How popular is Paterson?

Paterson is common in Australia.

Paterson is ranked 7074 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Paterson bearers increased by 3.319136 per cent in 2010 US census to 7035 since 2000, the surname slipped by 230 spots and ranked at 4990. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.21 84.46
Black 10.29 11.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.81
Others 1.79 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.81 0.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.44
Paterson is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 76567 people have been found who wears Paterson as their family name. Paterson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
6,367 Japan9
83,734 Belarus9
88,966 Czech Republic7
20,790 Nigeria6
3,259 Ivory Coast5
2,011 South Korea4
3,519 Benin3
70,383 Tanzania3
662 New Caledonia3
8,926 Cameroon3
15,749 Finland3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
18,114 Algeria3
16,605 Austria3
2,617 Cambodia2
1,472 The Bahamas2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
1,151 Brunei2
3,437 Sudan2
5,139 Bolivia2
485 Dominica2
3,791 Namibia2
4,164 Vietnam2
1,389 Barbados2
4,781 Malawi2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
14,004 Hungary2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
29,774 Venezuela1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
38,063 Mauritania1
90,903 Moldova1
176 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1
2,333 Montenegro1
31,584 Peru1
799 British Virgin Islands1
24,460 Armenia1
25,721 Egypt1
11,510 Oman1
11,486 Estonia1
2,715 Gabon1
3,275 Nepal1
5,916 Mozambique1
1,254 Gibraltar1
42,479 Greece1
2,040 Mali1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
58,885 Poland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
7,790 Zambia1
19,810 Croatia1
573 Vanuatu1
734 Chad1
34,581 Chile1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,818 Guernsey1
2,877 Cuba1
36,814 Romania1
5,467 Haiti1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
230 Isle of Man48
33,012 Belgium45
289,354 India38
15,412 Denmark34
2,622 Nicaragua29
595 Jersey28
11,444 Portugal28
841 Malta26
405 Bermuda22
3,830 Luxembourg20
3,334 Costa Rica19
355,817 Indonesia15
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
9,698 Norway79
72,056 Italy78
3,722 Qatar68
2,344 Trinidad and Tobago67
72,032 Ukraine64
1,794 Thailand56
Countries with hundreds of Paterson:
438 Wales813
19,799 Philippines709
9,571 Argentina567
10,157 Kenya471
21,615 France453
952 Northern Ireland334
7,729 Ghana320
36,063 Brazil318
3,754 United Arab Emirates268
13,416 Spain258
57,122 Russia240
1,693 Panama212
24,716 Turkey210
2,355 Ireland191
19,046 Mexico183
10,151 Malaysia177
2,326 Singapore160
19,113 Netherlands142
6,823 Sweden138
8,764 Switzerland135
165 Grenada121
2,019 Hong Kong119
15,239 Zimbabwe116
Countries with thousands of Paterson:
553 Canada8,234
4,826 United States8,210
954 South Africa6,959
83 New Zealand4,421
8,780 Germany1,110
Countries with ten thousands of Paterson:
416 England15,869
18 Scotland13,487
248 Australia10,625
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Paterson was 29 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 30, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as weaver and took Arrick from Glasgow. Jane Paterson (27) Immigrant, 4 years old Alex. Paterson, James Paterson, aged 25, John Paterson, aged 13, 10 years old James Paterson, Hellen Paterson (6), 31 years old Andrew Paterson, 28 years old U Paterson, and 51 other Paterson around 41.38% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, mechanic, shoemaker migrated to US.

Comments

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Angele Northcutt
Paterson is a nickname the origin of this name is English etymology just pat her: patrick's son (Patrick).

Paterson Namesakes

  • Banjo Paterson, Poet
  • David L. Paterson, Screenwriter
  • Aileen Paterson, Writer
  • Alasdair Paterson, Poet
  • Robert Paterson, Composer
  • Alistair Paterson, Writer
  • Alister Paterson, Australian Politician
  • Alister Paterson, Actor
  • Allaire Paterson-Koslo, Actress
  • Karen Paterson, Tennis player
  • In 0 drama movie, Tomorrow, David Paterson portrayed James Brice.
  • Christine Paterson, from 1973 crime, drama movie Geda-ye millioner, who portrayed N.

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