Peters
An Irish surname of Tipperary. In the 2010 US census it was carried by 137,513 people, the 205th most common surname in the country.
Mac Pheadair, son of Peter
Where the name comes from
Mac Pheadair is son of Peter. MacFeeters is the same name before it was tidied up.
Tipperary, photographed
Photographs made in Tipperary.
Tipperary
Tipperary is landlocked. The Golden Vale running through it is the best dairy land in Ireland. The Galtees are along the southern border, with Galtymore at 917 metres. The Rock of Cashel is a limestone outcrop with a medieval cathedral and round tower on top of it.
Notable bearers
Evan Peters (born 1987), actor and model.
Bernadette Peters (born 1948), actor, writer, and singer.
Martin Peters (1943-2019), association football player and association football coach.
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813-1890), university teacher, physicist, and astronomer.
Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), university teacher, botanist, and explorer.
About this page
The counties on this page are where the name was thickest on the ground in Ireland a century and a half ago, not a claim about any one family. Names moved around inside the country as much as they left it. The photographs are mine, made in the counties named.
More Irish surnames: Smith · Brown · Miller · Wilson · Anderson · Thomas · Taylor · Moore · Jackson · Martin · Lee · Thompson
How common the name was
In 1890, 12 births were registered under Peters in Ireland, most of them in Tipperary.
| Ulster | 4 | 33% |
|---|---|---|
| Leinster | 1 | 8% |
| Connacht | no figure printed | |
| Munster | no figure printed | |
| Ireland | 12 |