Pease Surname
Approximately 20,391 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnamePease Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,105 | 1:21,190 | 2,673 |
| England | 1,952 | 1:28,544 | 3,857 |
| Australia | 542 | 1:49,808 | 6,201 |
| Canada | 326 | 1:113,023 | 12,061 |
| New Zealand | 210 | 1:21,563 | 3,783 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:119,020 | 9,008 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Peru | 14 | 1:2,270,294 | 26,427 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,101 | 1:22,139 | 3,117 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,046 | 1:8,306 | 1,066 |
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.
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.
1 like Peace, a variant of Pace, q.v.
2 metonymic for a seller of Peas [v. under Peascod] John Pese.—Hundred Rolls
(English) Variants of Pace, q.v.
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.
Anciently Peaths, a remarkable ravine or dean in Roxburghshire.
The same as Pace, Pacy, Paice, Peacey; from Pacy, in France, dep. Eure, or Pacé, dep. Ille-et-Vilaine.
From the Dutch, Piesche, Pees; a personal name.$
From the Dutch, Pees; a personal name.
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.).
Pease Demographics
Average Male Pease Height
177.29 cm
Average Female Pease Height
163.03 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Pease Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pease in the Russian language | ||
| Пеасе | pease | - |
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Pease Reference & Research
Pease DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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