Peter Family

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About the Peter surname

The modern spelling of Peter alone is not enough to establish a certain origin. The canonical form used here is “Peter”; phonetic or spelling differences found in indexes should be checked against the other information in the record. Migration, language shifts, and record transcription can alter a surname over successive generations.

Pronunciation: Pi-teur/pitœʁ/

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The Peter name in our genealogy archives

935occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
21 371881 → 1901people enumerated
1765First mention of the name
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