View the most religious surnames in Ireland

Where Does The Last Name Peer Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Peer (Hindi: पीर, Marathi: पेर, Russian: Пеер) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peer? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 21,386^th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 285,831 people. The last name Peer occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Peer live; 34 percent live in South Asia and 21 percent live in Anglo-North America. Peer is also the 9,550^th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 107,329 people.

This surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 5,293 people, or 1 in 144,921. In India Peer is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 37 percent reside, Jammu and Kashmir, where 36 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 7 percent reside. Aside from India this last name is found in 82 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Austria, where 11 percent reside.

Peer Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Peer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peer surname expanded 498 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 270 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Peer Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Peer surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Peer surname are 31.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 84.73% registered with the political party.

The amount Peer earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 6.27% less than the national average, earning 324,367 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 26.99% more than the national average, earning R 301,776 per year; in United States they earn 4.13% more than the national average, earning $44,931 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.84% more than the national average, earning $53,083 CAD per year.