Pettersson

Pettersson is a common Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter".

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 92.7% of all known bearers of the surname Pettersson were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:151), 1.7% of Finland (1:4,550), 1.3% of Norway (1:5,791) and 1.0% of Denmark (1:8,338).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:151) in the following counties: 1. Gotland County (1:34) 2. Södermanland County (1:72) 3. Västmanland County (1:75) 4. Örebro County (1:80) 5. Uppsala County (1:87) 6. Östergötland County (1:101) 7. Västernorrland County (1:126) 8. Gävleborg County (1:129) 9. Dalarna County (1:134) 10. Norrbotten County (1:137) 11. Värmland County (1:143)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,550) in the following regions: 1. Åland (1:182) 2. Ostrobothnia (1:1,224) 3. Southwest Finland (1:2,209) 4. Uusimaa (1:3,525) 5. Central Ostrobothnia (1:3,934)

People

Albert Pettersson, Swedish Olympic weightlifter

Aline Pettersson, Mexican writer

Allan Pettersson, composer

Allan Rune Pettersson, writer

Anna Pettersson, lawyer

Anton Pettersson (1994-2015), perpetrator of the 2015 Trollhättan school attack

Birgitta Pettersson, film actor

Bjarne Pettersson, Danish football player

Carl Pettersson, golfer

Christer Pettersson, suspected assassin

Elias Pettersson, ice hockey player

Erik Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people

Fredrik Pettersson, ice hockey player

Gert Pettersson, orienteer

Göran Pettersson, politician

Gösta Pettersson, road racing cyclist

Hans Pettersson, Swedish atomic physicist and oceanographer

Holger Pettersson, Swedish radiologist and educator

Ingvar Pettersson, athlete

Joel Pettersson, painter and writer

Johan Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people

Jörgen Pettersson (footballer), football player

Jörgen Pettersson (ice hockey), ice hockey player

Katja Pettersson, Finnish designer

Kim Pettersson, musician

Kjell-Ronnie Pettersson, ice hockey player

Leif Pettersson, politician

Linus Pettersson, bandy player

Marcus Pettersson, ice hockey player

Marina Pettersson, politician

Pelle Pettersson, Swedish yachtsman and yacht designer

Rolf Pettersson, orienteer

Ronald Pettersson, ice hockey player

Ronney Pettersson, football player

Stefan Pettersson (footballer), football player

Stefan Pettersson (ice hockey), ice hockey player

Sten Pettersson, athlete

Sven Pettersson, ski jumper

Sven-Pelle Pettersson, swimmer and water polo player

Wivan Pettersson, swimmer

See also

Pedersen

Petersen

Peterson

Petterson

Petersson

References

Swedish-language surnames

Patronymic surnames