Peeples Surname

51,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,953 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Peeples Surname Definition:

(Scottish) One who came from Peebles (place of assembly), in Peeblesshire.

Peeples Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,8141:36,9334,582
Northern Ireland621:29,7593,120
Canada501:736,91258,785
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2251:40,9954,809

Peeples Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scottish) One who came from Peebles (place of assembly), in Peeblesshire.

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

Peeples Last Name Facts

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

Peeples is found most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peeples? popularity and diffusion

The surname Peeples is the 51,502nd most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 732,196 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Peeples live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 9,814 people, or 1 in 36,933. In The United States Peeples is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 12 percent live, Florida, where 12 percent live and Texas, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Peeples Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peeples has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peeples last name expanded 801 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peeples Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Peeples last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Peeples last name are 16.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.79% being registered with the political party.

The amount Peeples earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.8% less than the national average, earning $40,645 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.2% less than the national average, earning $43,125 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peepeles931/
Peepless930/
Peepples930/
Peeple9287/
Peples9219/
Peepls922/
D'Peeples881/
Pepples86130/
Peplies8658/
Pieples8632/
Peepels8623/
Poeples8614/
Peeplez8610/
Peiples866/
Pheples862/
Peepler862/
Peaples861/
Peeplex861/
Peeplis860/
Peple83143/
Pepls831/
Peapples8043/
Phephles8036/
Pepple779,718/
Pepler771,878/
Pepels77698/
Peaple77169/
Peuple7762/
Paples7732/
Pepley7727/
Peplis7720/
Phepls7710/
Peplet774/
Peplle773/
Poples773/
Peplie771/
Pieple771/
Piples771/
Pheple770/
Peppls770/
Peplei770/
Peppler712,405/
Peppley7177/
Pieplie7168/
Peppels7155/
Piplies7122/
Peuplie7119/
Poplees7119/
Peeploy715/
Peeppla713/
Popples712/
Peppple712/
Ppepple711/
Peaplie711/
Peeplay711/
Pebpple711/
Pepille711/
Pepller711/
Poplaes711/
Pepoels710/
Pephley710/
Peapler710/
Pepla67145/
Piple6796/
Peply6748/
Pipplies6711/
Pepli678/
Peapells675/
Pipplesh671/
Popelles671/
Peppller671/
Pyple671/
Pfeipley670/

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Peeples Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peeples
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