Peel Surname

22,342nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Peel Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the peel,' from residence at a fortified house so termed. There can be no doubt about this derivation. 'Peel, a square tower, a fortress' (Halliwell).

Geoffrey atte Pele, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Peel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,8261:41,0675,042
England8,4121:6,624958
Australia2,8951:9,3251,395
Canada1,3831:26,6423,558
South Africa5611:96,57311,773
Wales2461:12,5791,396
Belgium2321:49,5548,060
New Zealand2311:19,6033,446
France2191:303,30046,302
Scotland1961:27,3152,915
Zimbabwe1601:96,48913,660
Northern Ireland1121:16,4742,189
Ireland631:74,7454,569
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
Pakistan521:3,435,45926,277
Spain461:1,016,34937,676
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Malta421:10,245640
Switzerland421:195,54617,263
Estonia311:42,6398,109
Austria301:283,84832,444
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Trinidad and Tobago281:48,7134,303
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Zambia211:754,75827,278
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Isle of Man191:4,517958
Denmark191:297,09021,940
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Jersey171:5,8351,193
Afghanistan161:2,009,57414,441
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Uruguay121:285,98020,148
Norway111:467,48139,375
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Barbados71:41,0641,699
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
India71:109,580,769786,157
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Norfolk Island31:765177
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
China21:683,660,78330,601
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belize11:355,4743,977
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2341:18,9312,274
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,8911:4,984754
Wales641:24,5071,407
Scotland611:61,3643,851
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7901:28,0553,442

Peel (116) may also be a first name.

Peel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the peel,' from residence at a fortified house so termed. There can be no doubt about this derivation. 'Peel, a square tower, a fortress' (Halliwell).

Geoffrey atte Pele, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Many old mansions still bear the name of 'the Peel' in the North of England. Peel Castle in Furness is well known, and 110 doubt 'John Peel' of Cumberland hunting celebrity got his name from that spot. The name is still well known in that county. 'Within my recollection almost every old house in, the dales of Rede and Tyne was what is called a peel-house, built for securing the inhabitants and their cattle in moss-trooping times': Archaeologia Aeliana. The surname still keeps to the North. For other variants, v. Peil and Piel.

1541. Roger Pele, parson of Dalton-in-Furness: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1577. Robert Peel, of Blackburn, Lancashire: Wills at Chester.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

John Peil in Dumfries, 1792 (Dumfries). A North of England surname, of local origin from residence at or near a peel or fortified farm-house.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-French-Latin) 1 Dweller at a Fortified Residence or Small Castle [Middle English pel, peill, pe(e)le; Old French pel, Latin pāl-us, a stake. But Old English píl, Latin píla, a pillar, seems not to have been without influence] And at Lythkow wes than [then] a peill, Mekill and stark, and stuffit weill With Inglis men.—Barbour, The Bruce, x. 137-9.

God save the lady of this pel.—Chaucer, Hous of Fame, iii. 220.

‘le Pele of Hilton,’ otherwise ‘le Hall of Wyche Eves.’—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1550.(occasionally) 2 for ‘Peeled,’ i.e. Bald, Tonsured [from O.F. peler; Latin pilare, to make bald] Thomas le Pele.—Parl. Writs.

Cp. Pile.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Pool” in Old English.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Dweller at a fortified residence or small castle; one who came from Peel (fortress), on the Isle of Man.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A fortified farm-house. "Within my recollection, almost every old house in the dales of Rede and Tyne was what is called a peel-house, built for securing the inhabitants and their cattle in moss-trooping times." Archaeologia AEliana i. 246. Many of these border houses are moated for better defence.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Radulphus Pele occurs in Normandy 1180; Robertus Piel 1180-95; William Pele 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Of these, Robert, son of Robert le Pele (c. t. Henry II.), gave lands in Monk Bretton, York, to the abbey there (Burton, Mon. Ebor. 93). Hugh le Pele occurs 1242 (Roberts, Excerpta, i. 377). Richard and William Pelle were bailsmen for the M.P.s for Preston, Lancashire (Parliamentary Writs). From this northern family descended the Peels of Yorkshire and Lancashire, ancestors of the celebrated minister of England, Sir Robert Peel.

— The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Lancashire Orfrom the Swedish, Piehl, Pihl; from the German, Piel; from the Dutch, Piël; from the Danish, Pihl, Piell, Pül, Pille; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Peel Demographics

Average Peel Salary in
United States

$42,290 USD

Per year
Rank:
675,665 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00240839
Rank: 5,072 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
98%
Sample size: 4,857 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Peel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peel is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 22,342nd most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 299,640 people. Peel is mostly found in Europe, where 41 percent of Peel reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Peel is also the 868,627th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 116 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,826 people, or 1 in 41,067. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 77 countries. It is also found in England, where 35 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Peel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Peel last name grew 493 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 384 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 321 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Peel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (52%) in Ireland.

In The United States Peel are 15.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.12% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Peel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.72% less than the national average, earning 302,059 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.53% more than the national average, earning R 357,720 per year; in United States they earn 1.99% less than the national average, earning $42,290 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.11% more than the national average, earning $49,740 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peell8922/
Peehl8917/
Peiel8915/
Peyel8913/
Pheel898/
Peesl896/
Peeal895/
Pel865,323/
Peisel80185/
Peasel80142/
Peitel8087/
Peytel8062/
Peysel8031/
Poweel8015/
Pejcel8013/
Peyele8013/
Peatel805/
Peielt805/
Peejal803/
Peusel802/
Paweel802/
Paheel802/
Peiehl801/
Peihel801/
Payeel801/
Pe'ele801/
Peißel801/
Peeyal801/
Peejhl801/
Paieel800/
Pell7512,923/
Piel7512,405/
Peal756,154/
Pael754,158/
Peil754,044/
Pelt753,721/
Puel753,449/
Poel753,332/
Pehl752,521/
Pesl75636/
Peul75253/
Peld75184/
Peyl75146/
Pelh7545/
Pfel7527/
Pelp758/
Pejl758/
Ppel751/
Bpel751/
Pyel750/
Peichel73314/
Peissel73207/
Peijsel7328/
Peiselt7316/
Poweell739/
Peyssel734/
Pheeeel734/
Peachel732/
Phajeel731/
Peyelle731/
Peasell730/
Pfeutel730/
Peuchel730/
Peatell730/
Pheasel730/
Pfeil6714,196/
Payel677,185/
Piehl674,529/
Pehal671,919/
Peyal671,473/
Powel671,471/
Pawel671,241/
Poell671,002/
Puell67808/
Phuel67796/
Pl67781/
Peale67636/
Peitl67588/
Peall67506/
Pajel67488/
Poehl67470/
Pieal67452/
Pheil67390/
Phael67316/
Peuschel67287/
Peile67268/
Peill67263/
Pfiel67261/
Peisl67216/
Pauel67216/
Phiel67156/
Piell67148/
Phoel67131/
Peule67106/
Pyell67103/
Peyle6766/
Peahl6758/
Pheal6745/
Peutl6745/
Peachell6744/
Peual6736/
Paiel6730/
Piyel6726/
Paehl6725/
Puehl6723/
Pegli6722/
Pfell6721/
Peial6721/
Pujel6720/
Peyol6717/
Poyel6716/
Pehelová6716/
Pejle6715/
Päiel6712/
Peihl6711/
Pägel6710/
Peijl679/
Pelšs679/
Peuhl677/
Poiel675/
Pouel674/
Phyel673/
Pejol673/
Peldt672/
Peald672/
Puyel672/
Poeyl671/
Peatl671/
Peissell671/
Pejal671/
Puiel671/
Peltt671/
Peyil671/
Peyul671/
Pfuel671/
Piiel671/
Paell671/
Pelzs671/
Peichelt671/
Peulh671/
Peull671/
Peuol671/
Pealh671/
Pelll671/
Pejtl671/
Pyjel671/
Pheul671/
Pfehl670/
Pelph670/
Pealt670/
Pehll670/
Pfael670/
Pfeul670/
Peult670/
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