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14-1050: Peters may refer to: People [ edit ] Peters (surname) Peters Band , a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Peters, California , a census-designated place Peters, Florida , a town Peters Township, Kingman County, Kansas Peters, an unincorporated community in Casco Township, St. Clair County, Michigan Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania Peters, Texas , an unincorporated area Peters Mountain , in Virginia and West Virginia Peters Glacier (Alaska Range) , Alaska Peters Glacier (Brooks Range) , Alaska Peters Canyon , Orange County, California Peters Reservation , Massachusetts,

28-576: A family-run department store in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England Peters Ice Cream , an Australian ice cream brand now owned by Nestlé See also [ edit ] Peter's Food Services , a Welsh food company Peters Bastion , a mountain in Palmer Land, Antarctica Peters Dome , a mountain in Alaska Peter (disambiguation) Justice Peters (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

42-434: A landowner, or living in an area might adopt the same crest, especially when landowners had to provide troops to their nation or king for battle. Scottish clans and tartans served as family or area identifiers. Of note, some Asian countries list family name first, most adapt to given plus family standard when abroad. Whereas, some Latino countries add mother's family name at the end. This onomastics -related article

56-476: A nature reserve Peters Park (Boston) Peters River , in Massachusetts and Rhode Island Peters Brook (disambiguation) Peters Creek (California) Peters Creek (Pennsylvania) Elsewhere [ edit ] Peters Peak , Ross Dependency, Antarctica Peters Butte , Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Peters Glacier (South Georgia) , South Georgia Island, Atlantic Ocean Peters (crater) , on

70-422: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Peters (surname) Peters is a patronymic surname ( Peter 's son) of Low German , Dutch , and English origin. It can also be an English translation of Gaelic Mac Pheadair (same meaning) or an Americanized form of cognate surnames like Peeters or Pieters . As of 2014, 34.4% of all known bearers of

84-731: The Moon Peters Bay , NE Greenland Peters Village, Kent In business [ edit ] Edition Peters , a German music publishing house, also known as C.F. Peters Musikverlag Peters (bakery) a bakery chain in the United Kingdom Peters Bookselling Services , a specialist children's bookseller in Birmingham UK Peters Cartridge Company , a former gunpowder and ammunition producer in Kings Mills, Ohio Peters Fashions ,

98-492: The advent of mass literacy, paper availability and documentation, and mobility. For example, passports vs early letters of introduction for travel. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of the Anglicizing of the historical Welsh naming system, which sometimes had included references to several generations: e.g., Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Morgan (Llywelyn son of Gruffydd son of Morgan), and which gave rise to

112-406: The continental Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, where hereditary family names came into widespread use for the general population during the course of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century, ultimately as a consequence of legislation. As the outcome of this, a large majority of Scandinavian family names originated as the patronymics borne by the heads of family at

126-593: The frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:658) in the following states: In the Netherlands , the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:511) in the following provinces: Patronymic surname In the Old Testament of the Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only) name. Last names were ‘normalized’ and became more standardized with

140-403: The quip, "as long as a Welshman's pedigree." As an example of Anglicization, the name Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was turned into Llywelyn Gruffydds; i.e., the "ap" meaning "son of" was replaced by the genitive suffix "-s", but there are other cases like "ab Evan" being turned into "Bevan". Some Welsh surnames, such as John or Howell , did not acquire the suffix "-s." In some other cases, the suffix

154-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Peters . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peters&oldid=1212666250 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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168-456: The surname Peters were residents of the United States (frequency 1:2,037), 23.6% of Germany (1:658), 6.4% of the Netherlands (1:511), 5.4% of Canada (1:1,328), 5.2% of Nigeria (1:6,574), 4.8% of England (1:2,261), 3.9% of South Africa (1:2,708), 3.1% of Australia (1:1,482), 1.2% of Togo (1:1,226), 1.1% of Sierra Leone (1:1,214) and 1.0% of Belgium (1:2,220). In Germany ,

182-456: The times when these laws came into effect, and these surnames mostly display a limited variety reflecting the popularity of male given names during the 18th and 19th centuries in those countries. Most Mauritanian surnames are also patronymic, with names consisting of " Ould " or "Mint" followed by the ancestor's name or names. Heraldry, like early pictographs, logos or icons, also helped designate families across much of Europe. People working for

196-878: Was affixed to the surname much later, in the 18th or 19th century. Likewise, in some cases, the "ap" coalesced into the name in some form, as in Broderick (ab Rhydderch), Price (ap Rhys) and Upjohn (ap John). Similarly, last names or surnames were not set in Russia, but patronymic and based on a father's first name. Peter's children might be Jan and Roman Petrovich. Peter's grand children could be Aleksandr Janowicz and Ivan Romanowicz/ Romanovich. Peter's great grandchildren could be Nicolai Aleksandrovich and Dmitri Ivanovich. Nearly all Icelandic surnames are strictly patronymic, or in some cases matronymic , as Icelandic society generally does not make use of hereditary family names. A similar situation could, until relatively recently, be found in

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