About the Per Surname

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Per is usually a form of Peter. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Petrus, "rock"”.

Per and Peter

Per is listed among the recognised spellings of Peter. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

105 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Per name at birth. 231 Americans were listed as Per in the 2010 census.

Heraldry and the Per name

Arms linked to Peter and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Research your Per family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.