{{Infobox surname | name = Pettersson | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = | meaning ="son of Peter" | region = Scandinavia | origin = Biblical | variant = Petersen Petterson | footnotes = }}'''Pettersson''' is a common Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter".
==Geographical distribution== As of 2014, 92.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Pettersson'' were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:151), 1.7% of Finland (1:4,550), 1.3% of Norway (1:5,791) and 1.0% of Denmark (1:8,338).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:151) in the following counties: * 1. Gotland County (1:34) * 2. Södermanland County (1:72) * 3. Västmanland County (1:75) * 4. Örebro County (1:80) * 5. Uppsala County (1:87) * 6. Östergötland County (1:101) * 7. Västernorrland County (1:126) * 8. Gävleborg County (1:129) * 9. Dalarna County (1:134) * 10. Norrbotten County (1:137) * 11. Värmland County (1:143)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,550) in the following regions:<ref name="pettersson2014">[https://forebears.io/surnames/pettersson Pettersson surname distribution]</ref> * 1. Åland (1:182) * 2. Ostrobothnia (1:1,224) * 3. Southwest Finland (1:2,209) * 4. Uusimaa (1:3,525) * 5. Central Ostrobothnia (1:3,934)
==People== *Albert Pettersson, Swedish Olympic weightlifter *Aline Pettersson, Mexican writer *Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer *Allan Rune Pettersson, Swedish writer *Anna Pettersson, Swedish lawyer *Anton Lundin Pettersson (1994–2015), Swedish murderer, perpetrator of the Trollhättan school stabbing *Berta Persson (née Pettersson) (1893–1961), first woman bus driver in Sweden. *Birgitta Pettersson, Swedish film actor *Bjarne Pettersson, Danish football player *Carl Pettersson, Swedish golfer *Christer Pettersson, Swedish criminal *Elias Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player *Elias Pettersson (ice hockey, born 2004), Swedish ice hockey player *Erik Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people *Fredrik Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player *Gert Pettersson, Swedish orienteer *Göran Pettersson, Swedish politician *Gösta Pettersson, Swedish road racing cyclist *Gösta Pettersson, Swedish biochemist *Hans Pettersson, Swedish atomic physicist and oceanographer *Holger Pettersson, Swedish radiologist and educator *Ingvar Pettersson, Swedish athlete *Isak Pettersson, Swedish football player *Joel Pettersson, Finnish painter and writer *Johan Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people *Jörgen Pettersson (footballer), Swedish football player *Jörgen Pettersson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player *Katja Pettersson, Finnish designer *Kjell-Ronnie Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player *Leif Pettersson, Swedish politician *Linus Pettersson, Swedish bandy player *Marcus Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player *Marina Pettersson, Swedish politician *Pelle Pettersson, Swedish yachtsman and yacht designer *Rolf Pettersson, Swedish orienteer *Ronald Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player *Ronney Pettersson, Swedish football player *Stefan Pettersson (footballer), Swedish football player *Stefan Pettersson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player *Sten Pettersson, Swedish athlete *Sven Pettersson, Swedish ski jumper *Sven-Pelle Pettersson, Swedish swimmer and water polo player *Wivan Pettersson, Swedish swimmer
==See also== * Pedersen * Petersen * Peterson * Petterson * Petersson
==References== {{reflist}} {{surname}}<!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname -->
Category:Swedish-language surnames Category:Patronymic surnames