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: Gotland County (1:34) Södermanland County (1:72) Västmanland County (1:75) Örebro County (1:80) Uppsala County (1:87) Östergötland County (1:101) Västernorrland County (1:126) Gävleborg County (1:129) Dalarna County (1:134) Norrbotten County (1:137) Värmland County (1:143)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,550) in the following regions:Pettersson surname distribution Åland (1:182) Ostrobothnia (1:1,224) Southwest Finland (1:2,209) Uusimaa (1:3,525) Central Ostrobothnia (1:3,934)
People Albert Pettersson, Swedish Olympic weightlifter Aline Pettersson, Mexican writer Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer Allan Rune Pettersson, Swedish writer Anna Pettersson, Swedish lawyer Anton Lundin Pettersson (1994–2015), Swedish murderer, perpetrator of the Trollhättan school stabbing Berta Persson (née Pettersson) (1893–1961), first woman bus driver in Sweden. Birgitta Pettersson, Swedish film actor Bjarne Pettersson, Danish football player Carl Pettersson, Swedish golfer Christer Pettersson, Swedish criminal Elias Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player Elias Pettersson (ice hockey, born 2004), Swedish ice hockey player Erik Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people Fredrik Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player Gert Pettersson, Swedish orienteer Göran Pettersson, Swedish politician Gösta Pettersson, Swedish road racing cyclist Gösta Pettersson, Swedish biochemist Hans Pettersson, Swedish atomic physicist and oceanographer Holger Pettersson, Swedish radiologist and educator Ingvar Pettersson, Swedish athlete Isak Pettersson, Swedish football player Joel Pettersson, Finnish painter and writer Johan Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people Jörgen Pettersson (footballer), Swedish football player Jörgen Pettersson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player Katja Pettersson, Finnish designer Kjell-Ronnie Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player Leif Pettersson, Swedish politician Linus Pettersson, Swedish bandy player Marcus Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player Marina Pettersson, Swedish politician Pelle Pettersson, Swedish yachtsman and yacht designer Rolf Pettersson, Swedish orienteer Ronald Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player Ronney Pettersson, Swedish football player Stefan Pettersson (footballer), Swedish football player Stefan Pettersson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player Sten Pettersson, Swedish athlete Sven Pettersson, Swedish ski jumper Sven Otto Pettersson (1848–1941), Swedish oceanographer and chemist Sven-Pelle Pettersson, Swedish swimmer and water polo player Wivan Pettersson, Swedish swimmer
See also Pedersen Petersen Peterson Petterson Petersson
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