Peebles Surname
Approximately 15,861 people bear this surname
Peebles Surname Definition:
(Celtic) belonging to Peebles, A.D. 1126 Pebles [apparently the Cymric pebyll, pl. of pabell, a tent, pavilion + the Middle English pl. suff. -es] 'In Peblis toun sumtyme, as I heard tell . . .’—The Thrie Priests of Peblis, 1.
Peebles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,855 | 1:30,574 | 3,806 |
| Canada | 1,053 | 1:34,991 | 4,480 |
| Scotland | 891 | 1:6,009 | 971 |
| England | 790 | 1:70,529 | 8,101 |
| Australia | 756 | 1:35,709 | 4,702 |
| New Zealand | 220 | 1:20,583 | 3,608 |
| Wales | 101 | 1:30,639 | 3,095 |
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 43 | 1:103,020 | 6,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,120 | 1:3,342 | 555 |
| England | 133 | 1:183,273 | 15,057 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:87,134 | 3,963 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,573 | 1:19,518 | 2,471 |
Peebles (56) may also be a first name.
Peebles Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) belonging to Peebles, A.D. 1126 Pebles [apparently the Cymric pebyll, pl. of pabell, a tent, pavilion + the Middle English pl. suff. -es] 'In Peblis toun sumtyme, as I heard tell . . .’—The Thrie Priests of Peblis, 1.
(Scottish) One who came from Peebles (place of assembly), in Peeblesshire.
A town and parish, giving name to a Scottish shire.
Local: from Peebles in Peebleshire.
Local. From the town and shire of Peebles, in Scotland. Pobl, Welsh, people, and lle, a place; Pobull, Gaelic, people, and eis, many; the place of many people.
A location name in Scotland.
Peebles Demographics
Average Peebles Salary in
United States
$40,852 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Peebles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peebles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peebles occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peebles? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 33,493rd most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 459,463 people. The surname Peebles occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Peebles live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America. Peebles is also the 1,321,957th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 56 people.
Peebles is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 11,855 people, or 1 in 30,574. In The United States Peebles is mostly found in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Missouri, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this surname is found in 43 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent live and Scotland, where 6 percent live.
Peebles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Peebles has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 461 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 594 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 561 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Peebles Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (51%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Peebles last name are 10.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.64% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Peebles earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 15.72% less than the national average, earning 291,678 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.42% more than the national average, earning R 317,064 per year; in United States they earn 5.32% less than the national average, earning $40,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.58% more than the national average, earning $49,971 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheebles | 93 | 0 | / |
| Peebless | 93 | 0 | / |
| Peeblees | 93 | 0 | / |
| Pebles | 92 | 60 | / |
| Peeble | 92 | 28 | / |
| Peebls | 92 | 0 | / |
| Peebler | 86 | 316 | / |
| Peebels | 86 | 60 | / |
| Peables | 86 | 34 | / |
| Puebles | 86 | 9 | / |
| Peebley | 86 | 3 | / |
| Peevles | 86 | 2 | / |
| Peebleu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Poebles | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pebless | 86 | 0 | / |
| Peibles | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pesbles | 86 | 0 | / |
| Peble | 83 | 52 | / |
| Peebells | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pebley | 77 | 858 | / |
| Pebler | 77 | 226 | / |
| Peuble | 77 | 147 | / |
| Pables | 77 | 43 | / |
| Peebly | 77 | 31 | / |
| Pobles | 77 | 12 | / |
| Pieble | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peblis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pebels | 77 | 0 | / |
| Peable | 77 | 0 | / |
| Peible | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pybles | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pempels | 71 | 15 | / |
| Pebille | 71 | 7 | / |
| Paubles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pebelle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peubleu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peabler | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peavles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pebells | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pewless | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pemples | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pible | 67 | 114 | / |
| Payables | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pebly | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pebla | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pebli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peblé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pebeller | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paublies | 67 | 0 | / |
| Peevells | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peebles
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