Pebody Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Pebody Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. I find no early trace of this name. Paybody seems to have been the original form of the prefix, but what it means I cannot say; compare Gentilcorps, Freebody, Goodbody, Baldbody, &c.
1615. Thomas Paybodie, Leicestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.
Read More About This SurnamePebody Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 87 | 1:640,437 | 37,483 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 66 | 1:369,324 | 22,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
Pebody Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. I find no early trace of this name. Paybody seems to have been the original form of the prefix, but what it means I cannot say; compare Gentilcorps, Freebody, Goodbody, Baldbody, &c.
1615. Thomas Paybodie, Leicestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.
— Married — Thomas Stubbs and Elizabeth Pyebody: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1629. — Thomas Mason and Susan Payboddye: ibid.
1635. Francis Peboddy sailed for New England: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.
The same as Paybody. Dixon derives it from Pae-body, "one as handsome as a pae or peacock!" This is far-fetched enough for ordinary belief, but Mr. Arthur goes much further, in deducing the lineage of the name from one Boadie, a kinsman of Queen Boadicea, who escaped into Wales, and there got the name of Pea, or mountain, prefixed to his name.
There is an ancient tradition (we give it for what it is worth), that this name was derived from one Boadie, a kinsman of Queen Boadicea, who assisted her in her revolt against the Romans. After the Britons were subdued by the Romans, Queen Boadicea dispatched herself by poison, and Boadie, with a remnant of the Britons, escaped to the mountains of Wales. Boadie, among the Cambri or Britons, signified a man or a great man, and Pea signified a large hill a mountain, from which Boadie came to be called Peabodie, or the Mountain man, which became the name of the tribe.
Pebody Demographics
Average Pebody Salary in
England
£27,206
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Pebody Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pebody Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pebody is found most in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pebody? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,817,111th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Pebody reside; 84 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in British Isles.
Pebody is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 640,437. In England Pebody is most numerous in: Northamptonshire, where 54 percent are found, Warwickshire, where 11 percent are found and West Midlands, where 10 percent are found. Barring England this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Pebody Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pebody has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 132 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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