Pease Surname

26,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pease Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Pece,' a great Yorkshire surname. No doubt Pece was one of the many variants of Pace, i.e. Easter, so given because born or baptized on that day; v. Pask, Pace, Pass, Pacey, &c.

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Pease Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,1051:21,1902,673
England1,9521:28,5443,857
Australia5421:49,8086,201
Canada3261:113,02312,061
New Zealand2101:21,5633,783
Scotland421:127,4727,985
France401:1,660,568152,033
Wales261:119,0209,008
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
China51:273,464,31313,838
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1011:22,1393,117
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,0461:8,3061,066

Pease (55) may also be a first name.

Pease Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Pece,' a great Yorkshire surname. No doubt Pece was one of the many variants of Pace, i.e. Easter, so given because born or baptized on that day; v. Pask, Pace, Pass, Pacey, &c. In Lancashire Easter-egging is still Paceegging or Peace-egging.

John Pese, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Willelmus Pece, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Paas, 1379: ibid.

1566. John Pease and Margery Robertes: Marriage Lic. (London).

1649. Baptised — John, s. John Peace: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An Orcadian surname which Mr. Clouston believes to be a nickname. The earliest recorded Orcadian form of the name is Pase or Paise (1402). Anders Pass, "aff wapu," i.e. armiger, appended his seal to a deed at Copenhagen in June 1433 (Diplomatarium Norvegicum, III, 720). James Pase witnessed a disposition of a land in Wasbister in the parish of Holm in 1483 (REO., p. 195), Magnus Paise owned a tenement in Kirkwall in 1573, and Angus Peace was a witness there in 1553 (ibid., p. 248,350). William Peace published his Descriptive and historic handbook to the Orkney Islands in 1862.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

1 like Peace, a variant of Pace, q.v.

2 metonymic for a seller of Peas [v. under Peascod] John Pese.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Variants of Pace, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

If not from the personification of Peace in some medieval drama, probably from a Christian name, like Faith, Charity, Honour, &c. Pax, without prefix, is found in H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Anciently Peaths, a remarkable ravine or dean in Roxburghshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Pace, Pacy, Paice, Peacey; from Pacy, in France, dep. Eure, or Pacé, dep. Ille-et-Vilaine.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Dutch, Piesche, Pees; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

From the Dutch, Pees; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The notable family of Pease, which has been con nected with Darlington since the last century, hailed originally from the vicinity of Wakefield in the West Riding (Long.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Pease Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pease Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pease (Russian: Пеасе) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pease.

How Common Is The Last Name Pease? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 26,385th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 357,390 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Pease live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pease is also the 1,336,256th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 55 people.

Pease is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 17,105 people, or 1 in 21,190. In The United States Pease is primarily found in: California, where 10 percent live, Florida, where 6 percent live and New York, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Pease is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Pease Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pease has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pease surname increased 283 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pease Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pease surname are 8.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.12% being registered with the party.

The amount Pease earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 543.43% more than the national average, earning S/. 124,729 per year; in South Africa they earn 555.32% more than the national average, earning R 1,557,300 per year; in United States they earn 1.49% more than the national average, earning $43,793 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.36% more than the national average, earning $54,334 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peasey91236/
Peaseh9152/
Phease9121/
Peaser9119/
Peasse9113/
Peasea914/
Peasee914/
Peease912/
Peases912/
Peadse911/
Peyase911/
Peasce910/
Pase894,494/
Peas891,003/
Pese89912/
Pheasey83452/
Peashey8332/
Peasseu8329/
Peasser831/
Pehasse831/
Peasher830/
Peace8044,316/
Pesce8032,460/
Passe809,693/
Pause803,483/
Peash801,820/
Petse801,580/
Pesse801,535/
Paese801,475/
Pasee801,060/
Peyas80742/
Paseh80626/
Pejas80503/
Peise80431/
Peset80411/
Pieas80365/
Paise80354/
Poese80350/
Pashe80335/
Paset80335/
Paser80322/
Peats80279/
Phase80233/
Peuse80203/
Pasea80194/
Pesez80185/
Pasei80130/
Peshe80115/
Paase80114/
Peese80113/
Patse80102/
Piese8093/
Pedse8084/
Pesie8077/
Pasie8072/
Pesei8069/
Phese8065/
Peser8064/
Paseu8050/
Padse8045/
Pesea8045/
Pasey8037/
Pesey8033/
Pases8032/
Payse8031/
Pesze8028/
Peňas8026/
Peses8024/
Piase8024/
Peasa8022/
Peseu8016/
Peasy8015/
Peasi8015/
Pehse8014/
Pasep8010/
Pasge809/
Pyase808/
Pehas808/
Pesee808/
Pasce807/
Peias804/
Peaxe803/
Pajse803/
Pasje803/
Pasez803/
Peast802/
Pased802/
Peads802/
Pasej802/
Peyse802/
Peage802/
Peaje802/
Peasd801/
Peasz801/
Puese801/
Peseh801/
Peahs801/
Peaze801/
Peazs801/
Pejse801/
Pesxe801/
Peass800/
Pheas800/
Pheatsee774/
Pas7513,765/
Pes757,522/
Pasche734,078/
Passey733,526/
Passet731,751/
Peuser731,272/
Peiser731,151/
Peacey731,070/
Passer73959/
Pauser73898/
Peyser73877/
Phashe73817/
Pessey73776/
Piesse73676/
Patser73667/
Paysse73481/
Payase73389/
Phasee73384/
Pasher73358/
Patsey73352/
Pesser73333/
Piaser73316/
Pesche73284/
Pheage73260/
Paiser73230/
Phasey73212/
Phatse73209/
Paisey73197/
Paisei73195/
Pesses73178/
Passes73134/
Passee73133/
Passie73130/
Poesse73128/
Paasse73107/
Petsei73107/
Paises73106/
Piasse73105/
Pausey73100/
Pauset7398/
Petshe7396/
Petset7381/
Paisse7377/
Pasies7374/
Pesher7371/
Pessei7369/
Peache7360/
Peasha7358/
Phasge7357/
Payser7348/
Passed7348/
Paiseh7345/
Pasier7345/
Pauseh7344/
Pessie7343/
Phiase7340/
Peeace7339/
Peysse7339/
Patsei7338/
Pesset7337/
Petser7336/
Puesey7334/
Peyise7332/
Pesets7331/
Peisse7329/
Peuset7329/
Pescie7325/
Paseer7324/
Puehse7323/
Passeh7323/
Peisey7323/
Petsee7320/
Padsee7320/
Pashie7319/
Poiese7318/
Phesse7317/
Pesier7317/
Passez7317/
Poesze7316/
Pesseu7316/
Piesie7315/
Petses7314/
Peasai7313/
Paisee7313/
Pesseh7312/
Paysee7312/
Pausse7312/
Peyasi7311/
Pettse7311/
Peszer7310/
Pashet739/
Pasger738/
Pejasz738/
Pesetz738/
Paserh738/
Patsee738/
Peshes737/
Paesie737/
Pascie737/
Phaser736/
Phajse736/
Poesie736/
Peeshe735/
Pashee735/
Pesett735/
Peysee735/
Piasee735/
Phetse735/
Phesie734/
Petsey734/
Phases734/
Peasch734/
Peshey734/
Pfaser734/
Peeser734/
Powese734/
Poyase734/
Piaseu734/
Pieace733/
Patses733/
Peacer733/
Peyasy733/
Paasee733/
Passeu733/
Passée733/
Pessez733/
Peatsi733/
Peyasa733/
Pashed733/
Petsed733/
Piesce732/
Peatts732/
Pesehe732/
Paiuse732/
Peaget732/
Payose732/
Peaace732/
Piejas732/
Peesee732/
Pesheh732/
Paseej732/
Pasehr732/
Païsse732/
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Pauses732/
Peassi732/
Piyase732/
Pheshe732/
Peisce732/
Peisze732/
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Peesse731/
Peazer731/
Peager731/
Peasaa731/
Peassy731/
Pasgey731/
Pashce731/
Pashhe731/
Pejasa731/
Pejash731/
Pujase731/
Peoser731/
Peosey731/
Phause731/
Paiset731/
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Paashe731/
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Payise731/
Pesces731/
Peazee731/
Peazea731/
Pasces731/
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Paszer731/
Pasehz731/
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Peises731/
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Peetse731/
Peosez731/
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Peyash731/
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Pehage731/
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Piasey731/
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Phadse731/
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Pesepp731/
Pahsee731/
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Peosee731/
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Pheasy730/
Phesey730/
Pashey730/
Peshet730/
Pescer730/
Poesey730/
Petsie730/
Peacis730/
Paasea730/
Paesse730/
Paesey730/
Poeshe730/
Payset730/
Peesey730/
Pasett730/
Peusey730/
Pehser730/
Paiese730/
Pashep730/
Peshee730/
Pasi67118,493/
Paes6778,879/
Pasa6764,504/
Pais6755,809/
Pise6729,888/
Pass6712,648/
Pesa6711,028/
Pesh679,430/
Peachey678,180/
Paas675,504/
Paus675,467/
Peza674,015/
Pies673,330/
Pesi672,794/
Pash672,790/
Pays672,222/
Peje671,918/
Peçe671,579/
Pece671,418/
Peacher671,405/
Pats671,335/
Pees671,321/
Pest671,281/
Past671,230/
Peša671,160/
Paasche671,158/
Peis67989/
Pets67987/
Pege67823/
Peys67737/
Pues67631/
Pescher67630/
Peze67544/
Piesche67386/
Pess67364/
Peachee67359/
Peus67333/
Phas67295/
Pasz67250/
Pfauser67241/
Patseas67221/
Pejs67217/
Poes67209/
Pashedh67209/
Pasy67196/
Peisser67189/
Pexe67189/
Pahs67186/
Peaz67165/
Peez67150/
Pads67140/
Pheysey67137/
Peaches67135/
Phetset67130/
Pyse6788/
Pesy6786/
Phetshe6782/
Pesz6774/
Pesseat6765/
Peče6762/
Peiszer6752/
Peeß6751/
Paszehr6750/
Passett6745/
Peisher6741/
País6730/
Peusseu6729/
Poyasei6727/
Pesches6726/
Peyiser6726/
Puggese6723/
Pasd6722/
Pesseas6722/
Pfetser6721/
Païs6719/
Pyes6718/
Peyassy6718/
Paseggi6718/
Peachez6716/
Poesche6716/
Peds6715/
Paschet6715/
Pugiese6714/
Phaisey6713/
Peagits6713/
Peïs6712/
Peggese6710/
Pesä6710/
Pouesse6710/
Phetsee6710/
Poggese679/
Piasseu679/
Peysset678/
Pfeiser677/
Peusser677/
Pheazey676/
Phes676/
Hpas676/
Paszher676/
Peaś676/
Paesche676/
Ppas676/
Phatsee676/
Pasheed675/
Pesszer675/
Pausset675/
Pashieh675/
Peitser675/
Pehs674/
Pajosse674/
Pães674/
Passehr674/
Pasă674/
Puesche674/
Pasierr673/
Pausett673/
Paasher673/
Pesseuh673/
Pezs673/
Peisger673/
Pazs673/
Piasser673/
Pasheer672/
Pasches672/
Pasgett672/
Peachet672/
Pfesser672/
Phaceas672/
Payouse672/
Poweseu672/
Peuscet672/
Phaesie672/
Piesseu672/
Piessie672/
Paës672/
Paìs672/
Payasse672/
Pasx672/
Pajs672/
Phaisee672/
Peex672/
Phaiser672/
Ppes672/
Peahcer671/
Peauyhouse671/
Paschee671/
Paschez671/
Pashesh671/
Peiahsa671/
Payssee671/
Phesser671/
Phessey671/
Petsehe671/
Peyoose671/
Peyouse671/
Padsett671/
Hpeiser671/
Hpes671/
Peiesei671/
Paxs671/
Pasahie671/
Paheasi671/
Paissey671/
Peşe671/
Pges671/
Peusges671/
Peusset671/
Pexs671/
Peyasha671/
Phessie671/
Pehazhe671/
Pesè671/
Pesé671/
Peseggi671/
Peshche671/
Peshieh671/
Piyasei671/
Pèse671/
Powesey671/
D'Pesce671/
Peisieh671/
Paiyose671/
Phetses671/
Phaisei671/
Pesx671/
Peax671/
Pasj671/
Pasp671/
Bpas671/
Bpes671/
Phaysey670/
Pheasay670/
Peussey670/
Piggese670/
Peshett670/
Peusess670/
Pheshee670/
Pettser670/
Pausser670/
Poessey670/
Peachea670/
Peiscer670/
Peatsch670/
Phesier670/
Pascheu670/

Pease Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pease in the Russian language
Пеасеpease-

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