Pettersson

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:
 * 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
 * Birgitta Pettersson, Swedish film actor
 * Bjarne Pettersson, Danish football player
 * Carl Pettersson, Swedish golfer
 * Christer Pettersson, Swedish criminal
 * Elias Pettersson, 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
 * Hans Pettersson, Swedish atomic physicist and oceanographer
 * Holger Pettersson, Swedish radiologist and educator
 * Ingvar Pettersson, Swedish athlete
 * 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