Peckham Surname
Approximately 11,021 people bear this surname
Peckham Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Peckham,' two parishes in Kent The variation was a natural and easy one. For a second derivation of Packham, v. Pakenham.
1575- George Peckam, Buckinghamshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
Read More About This SurnamePeckham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,813 | 1:53,201 | 6,391 |
| England | 1,753 | 1:31,784 | 4,238 |
| Canada | 911 | 1:40,445 | 5,042 |
| Australia | 509 | 1:53,037 | 6,550 |
| Fiji | 408 | 1:2,192 | 344 |
| South Africa | 283 | 1:191,441 | 20,758 |
| Wales | 95 | 1:32,574 | 3,273 |
| New Zealand | 83 | 1:54,558 | 8,669 |
| Scotland | 41 | 1:130,581 | 8,115 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,086 | 1:22,445 | 3,151 |
| Isle of Man | 9 | 1:6,030 | 597 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,593 | 1:19,367 | 2,456 |
Peckham (15) may also be a first name.
Peckham Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Peckham,' two parishes in Kent The variation was a natural and easy one. For a second derivation of Packham, v. Pakenham.
1575- George Peckam, Buckinghamshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1588. Henry Peccam, Sussex: ibid.
1808. Married — William Hale and Sarah Packham: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging to Peckham = Pecc(a)’s or Pæcc(a)'s Home [Old English hám, home, estate] Peckham, Kent, occurs in the 10th cent. as Peccham.
Cp. Packham.
(English) One who came from Peckham (homestead by a hill), the name of several places in England.
The ancient family so called, derived their name from the parish of Peckham in Kent. There are armorial grounds for supposing that they sprang from the family of St. Nicholas, as the latter are presumed to have done from the Norman De Says. See Curios, of Heraldry, p. 300. Archbishop Peckham, who died in 1272, may be regarded as the founder of the fortunes of a family which ramified very widely, especially in Kent and Sussex. The member of it who made a deposition in the celebrated Scrope and Grosvenor controversy, wrote himself James du Pecham. Roll, vol. ii. p. 435. Peccam is an older, and Packham a more recent, spelling.
A location name in Surrey.
Peckham Demographics
Average Male Peckham Height
175.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Peckham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peckham Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peckham occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peckham? popularity and diffusion
The last name Peckham is the 47,000th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 661,242 people. The surname Peckham occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Peckham reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 6,813 people, or 1 in 53,201. In The United States Peckham is primarily concentrated in: California, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.
Peckham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Peckham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Peckham surname rose 263 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,056 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,367 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Peckham Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Peckham last name are 5.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.76% being registered with the political party.
The amount Peckham earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning R 234,852 per year; in United States they earn 5.75% more than the national average, earning $45,632 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.41% more than the national average, earning $50,882 CAD per year.
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