Peg Forename

53,247th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 12,306 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Peg Forename Definition:

A shortened form of Peggoty.

Peg Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
11,1701:32,4562,167
Canada
100%
5311:62,3983,810
Ireland
100%
2581:17,998955
Australia-1431:95,5083,509
Malaysia
 
94%
541:563,88823,725
India
65%
 
221:55,221,726913,424
France-171:3,910,02017,575
Hong Kong-121:646,0604,783
Sweden
100%
71:1,408,27224,832
China-71:195,150,82673,144
Thailand
 
87%
61:11,677,636152,954
New Zealand-51:907,20910,885
Singapore-51:1,257,41116,611
Brazil-51:42,847,231319,361
England
 
92%
41:13,900,73089,263
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Belgium-41:2,872,51022,632
Germany
 
99%
31:32,225,95964,270
Taiwan-31:7,923,22799,341
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Netherlands
 
96%
21:8,451,04232,813
Finland-21:2,741,59219,235
Costa Rica-21:2,383,97418,662
Cameroon
100%
21:10,805,25286,897
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Philippines-11:106,009,477690,015
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Italy
77%
 
11:61,062,09083,289
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970

Peg (298) may also be a surname.

Peg Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A shortened form of Peggoty.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Peg Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pegg86355/
Peig8642/
Pegs8618/
Pegk869/
Pehg864/
Peag863/
Pieg863/
Pegh862/
Peeg862/
Pegz861/
Pegp861/
Ppeg861/
Pesg861/
Peug861/
Vpeg861/
Pegue75150/
Peegh759/
Peggs759/
Peggt756/
Peugh754/
Peigh753/
Peggh752/
Bpegp751/
Pesqg751/
Peheg751/
Pegss751/
Pheig751/
Phegt751/
Pieyg751/
Pyueg751/
Pessg751/
Pesgg751/
Peegg751/
Peggp751/
Pegcp751/
Pegqu751/
Peagk751/
Pek6714,712/
Pec675,051/
Pex67215/
Pig67135/
Peq6725/
Pyg6716/
Pjg6716/
Peggik6712/
Pheigh672/
Peigue671/
Peigth671/
Pehgue671/
Peshcg671/

Peg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peg in the Russian language
Пегpeg-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peg