Pieterse

Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

* Barend Pieterse (born 1979), South African rugby union player
* Cosmo Pieterse (born 1930), South African playwright, actor, poet, literary critic and anthologist
* Dylan Pieterse (born 1995), South African rugby player
* Erasmus Pieterse (born 1992), South African field hockey player
* Ernie Pieterse (1938–2017), South African racing driver
* Happy Pieterse (1942–2013), South African boxer
* Jan Pieterse (born 1942), Dutch cyclist
* Jan Nederveen Pieterse (born 1946), Dutch sociologist
* Liberius Pieterse (1905–1973), Dutch Roman Catholic priest in Pakistan
* Reyaad Pieterse (born 1992), South African footballer
* Sasha Pieterse (born 1996), South African actress and singer
* Marissa Pieterse (born 1989), South African Actuary
* [[Puck Pieterse (born 2002) Dutch cyclist

Fictional

* Woutertje Pieterse [nl], protagonist of the novel of the same name by Multatuli
* Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Dutch literary award named after this character

## See also[edit]

* Pieters
* Pietersen

Surname list

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Surnames associated with the given name Peter

Baltic|

* Pētersons
* Petraitis
* Petravičius
* Petrusevičius

Celtic|

* McFetridge
* McPhedran

Germanic|

* Parkin
* Parkins
* Parkinson
* Pearce
* Pearse
* Pearson
* Pedersen
* Pederson
* Peer
* Peers
* Peeters
* Peirce
* Perkin
* Perkins
* Perkinson
* Persson
* Peter (surname)
* Peters
* Peterson
* Petersson
* Petersen
* Piech
* Pierce
* Piers
* Pieters
* Pieterse
* Pietersen
* Pietsch
* Pietzschke
* Pötschke
* Pötzsch

Hellenic|

* Petridis
* Petrou
* Petropoulos

Romance|

* De Pietro
* Di Pietro
* Pedrazzini
* Pedrelli
* Pedretti
* Pedrini
* Pedroni
* Pedrotti
* Peiris
* Pérez
* Peres
* Perotti
* Petrazzi
* Petrelli
* Petrencu
* Petrescu
* Petri
* Petrini
* Petrone
* Petrocelli
* Petroni
* Petrozzi
* Petrucci
* Petrucelli
* Petruzzi
* Pieri
* Pieroni
* Pierotti
* Pierucci
* Pietri
* Pires
* Pirez
* Píriz

Slavic|

* Petrak
* Petrakov
* Petráš
* Petrash
* Petrashov
* Petrashevsky
* Petrek
* Petrecki
* Petrenko
* Petrić
* Petříček
* Petrick
* Petrik
* Petrikov
* Petrishin
* Petrof
* Petrov
* Petrovič
* Petrović
* Petrovich
* Petrovski
* Petrovsky
* Petrovykh
* Petrowski
* Petrunin
* Petrusewicz
* Petrushin
* Petryak
* Petryuk
* Petryk
* Petunin
* Pietrusiewicz
* Piotrowicz
* Piotrkowski
* Piotrowski

Other|

* Peterffy
* Petras
* Petre
* Petriashvili
* Petrosyan (multiple spellings)
* Petrus

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