Peeks Surname

345,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,061 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Peeks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peeks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7931:457,07339,063
Netherlands1901:88,88014,701
England341:1,638,76668,634
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Peeks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peeks is most common in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peeks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 345,133rd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,868,564 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Peeks reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Peeks is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 793 people, or 1 in 457,073. In The United States Peeks is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 17 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Alabama, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 18 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Peeks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peeks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Peeks surname grew 2,832 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 15 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Peeks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Peeks last name are 29.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.96% being registered with the political party.

Peeks earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.66% less than the national average, earning $34,664 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peekes917/
Peks89119/
Peaks801,741/
Pecks80122/
Pekss8019/
Pekse8012/
Peiks8011/
Pekks8010/
Pekst805/
Pesks802/
Paeks802/
Pekhs802/
Pezks801/
Pekšs801/
Peakes73246/
Peikes73134/
Pechks731/
Poecks731/
Piecks731/
Peacks730/
Poks67435/
Paks67252/
Pexe67189/
Peksová67132/
Piks6784/
Pekx6731/
Pegs6712/
Pyks676/
Peex672/
Peiques671/
Pesx671/
Pīks671/
Pēks671/
Pexs671/
Pekz671/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peeks
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