Petersen
Petersen
130000
人口
#11
全国排名
0.0%
占人口比例
Danish Names
文化
起源与历史
Patronymic surname meaning 'son of Peter', from the Greek Petros and Aramaic Kepha, meaning 'stone' or 'rock', the name given by Jesus to the Apostle Simon. Petersen and Pedersen are parallel forms of the same patronymic: Petersen reflects the Low German influence dominant in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, while Pedersen is the native Danish form more common in Jutland and the islands. Approximately 130,000 Danes carry this surname.