Peeters is used as a family name or surname in Netherlands. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Peeters
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Netherlands
Meaning: The most common family name in Belgium. Corresponds to the French Pierre. Other very common forms: Peter Peters Pieter Pieters.

How popular is Peeters?

Peeters is common in Netherlands.

Peeters is ranked 8014 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Peeters bearers increased by 4.227053 per cent in 2010 US census to 863 since 2000, the surname slipped by 405 spots and ranked at 27818. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.4 93.12
Hispanic or Latino 3.36 2.54
Others 1.62 2.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.16 1.09
Peeters is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Belgium which signifies that it is originated from Belgium. Around 67466 people have been found who wears Peeters as their family name. Peeters is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
497,106 Indonesia8
6,072 China7
2,966 Benin4
14,078 Japan3
127,708 Czech Republic3
35,789 Turkey3
2,967 Vietnam3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
5,139 Bolivia2
5,217 Zambia2
17,547 Colombia2
44,018 Poland2
13,552 Qatar2
1,347 Liberia2
23,344 Austria2
89,020 Tanzania2
95,312 Argentina2
12,172 Ghana2
2,190 Barbados1
8,371 Syria1
2,374 Bermuda1
14,644 Tunisia1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,704,541 India1
165,773 Belarus1
7,191 Afghanistan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
19,533 Uruguay1
6,820 Angola1
53,033 Nigeria1
18,969 Wales1
10,958 Bangladesh1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,715 Gabon1
8,268 Mauritius1
6,688 Malawi1
2,935 Madagascar1
42,479 Greece1
20,172 Hungary1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
28,365 Kenya1
6,212 Jamaica1
11,486 Estonia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,895 South Korea1
15,705 Cameroon1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
36,814 Romania1
40,340 Malaysia1
17,768 Pakistan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,724 New Caledonia1
19,810 Croatia1
3,275 Nepal1
7,941 Guatemala1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
20,906 Israel47
15,412 Denmark34
4,169 Cyprus26
3,873 Thailand24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
15,050 Singapore18
137 Monaco13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
78,184 Italy67
3,881 Hong Kong59
7,402 Portugal55
13,876 Norway52
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Peeters:
7,981 Canada517
25,060 Brazil493
15,361 South Africa402
15,204 England376
3,196 Switzerland360
8,043 Australia355
17,962 Morocco268
39,199 Philippines258
17,661 Spain177
371 Luxembourg119
27,127 Mexico105
7,009 New Zealand104
Countries with thousands of Peeters:
3,032 Germany2,858
4,864 France1,702
23,932 United States1,295
Countries with ten thousands of Peeters:
1 Belgium41,832
49 Netherlands15,628
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Comments

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Adrianne Currie
Peeters is a Flemish-shaped stone (s fort with genitive marking the descent), that is to say, son of stone, parent name became surname.

Peeters Namesakes

  • Alfons Peeters, Soccer player
  • Pete Peeters, Ice hockey goaltender
  • Arno Peeters, Musical Artist
  • Bart Peeters, Singer
  • Bob Peeters, Football manager
  • Benoît Peeters, Writer
  • Benoît Peeters, Writer
  • Bonaventura Peeters the Elder, Artist
  • Carel Peeters, Writer
  • Carine Peeters, Actress
  • In 2018 drama movie, Stille Storm, Ben Peeters portrayed Cas.

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