US Population With Last Name Petersen By Race and Ethnicity in the 2010 Census

Updated on December 11, 2025.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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In the 2010 Census, there were 58,480 people in the US whose last name was Petersen, and the rate of occurence of the Petersen last name was 19.83 per 100K.

The race of 93.42% of the people with the last name of Petersen was Non Hispanic White Alone (i.e. 54,632 people); 2.51% was Hispanic or Latino (i.e. 1,468 people); and 1.55% was Non Hispanic Two or More Races (i.e. 906 people).

US Percentage of Pop. With Last Name Petersen By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

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The table below below shows by race and ethnicity, the number of people and the percentage of the total people with the Petersen last name.

US Population With Last Name Petersen By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

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Last Name Number of People Percent of Total (%)
Non Hispanic White Alone 54632 93.42
Hispanic or Latino 1468 2.51
Non Hispanic Two or More Races 906 1.55
Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone 778 1.33
Non Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 444 0.76
Non Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 257 0.44