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Is Peterson a Male or Female Name?

Peterson is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Peterson globally is 99.1% males and 0.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Kenya with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 1.4%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Peterson in percentages: Globally: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Brazil: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United States: 98.6% males, 1.4% females, Kenya: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Peterson are 18-24 years old, making up 25.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Peterson in each age group: 18-24: 25.3%, 25-34: 13.6%, 35-44: 17.8%, 45-54: 16.0%, 55-64: 16.4%, 65+: 10.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Peterson is Kenya with 0.0372% of the population. Following is Brazil and United States.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Peterson measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Peterson year over year: 1956: 0.0006‰, 1958: 0.0006‰, 1959: 0.0007‰, 1960: 0.0006‰, 1961: 0.0007‰, 1962: 0.0002‰, 1963: 0.0011‰, 1964: 0.0006‰, 1965: 0.0004‰, 1966: 0.0007‰, 1967: 0.0008‰, 1968: 0.0006‰, 1969: 0.0006‰, 1970: 0.001‰, 1971: 0.0003‰, 1972: 0.0006‰, 1973: 0.0003‰, 1974: 0.0008‰, 1975: 0.0007‰, 1976: 0.0005‰, 1977: 0.0005‰, 1978: 0.0007‰, 1979: 0.0007‰, 1980: 0.0006‰, 1981: 0.0006‰, 1982: 0.0008‰, 1983: 0.0007‰, 1984: 0.0006‰, 1985: 0.0007‰, 1986: 0.0007‰, 1987: 0.0007‰, 1988: 0.0007‰, 1989: 0.0008‰, 1990: 0.0006‰, 1991: 0.0006‰, 1992: 0.0005‰, 1993: 0.0004‰, 1994: 0.0006‰, 1995: 0.0002‰, 1996: 0.0006‰, 1997: 0.0005‰, 1998: 0.0002‰, 1999: 0.0003‰, 2000: 0.0005‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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