Peevor Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Peevor Surname Definition:

Belonging to Peever or Peover (Chesh.), anciently Pevre.

Peover is on the river of the same name; but the river-name is prob. taken from the village-name. The second element can hardly be the Old English ófer, a river-bank, as the form of the name with -over is late.

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Peevor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1351:412,72628,150
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:641,45731,575
Wales21:784,20816,349

Peevor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Belonging to Peever or Peover (Chesh.), anciently Pevre.

Peover is on the river of the same name; but the river-name is prob. taken from the village-name. The second element can hardly be the Old English ófer, a river-bank, as the form of the name with -over is late. The name has the appearance of having lost a local suffix; and it may, in fact, be the Peverwich of a Latin charter of King Eadgar (a.d. 966: ‘Cart. Sax.’ No. 1175), where Pever is prob. a pers. name allied to the Ger. Pfeifer = Piper [from O.H.Ger. pfifa, an early borrowing from Latin pipa, a pipe (Latin pipare, to pipe); whence also Ital. píva, a pipe, and prob. the Norman name, Pever-el] John de Pevre.—Chesh. Chmbrlns.' Accts., A.D. 1303-4.

John Pever.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1445.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Peevor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peevor is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peevor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Peevor are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 412,726. In England it is most numerous in: West Midlands, where 47 percent reside, North Yorkshire, where 16 percent reside and Shropshire, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Peevor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Peevor has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Peevor last name expanded 355 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pevor912/
Peevar831/
Pevour831/
Poevor830/
Peyvour772/
Pavor73152/
Pevar73127/
Povor7362/
Pivor7339/
Pewor7315/
Pebor732/
Peeshvar7135/
Poojevor712/
Pavoor67122/
Pebore6735/
Pitvor6725/
Peivar6721/
Petvar6713/
Paevar6713/
Pivort679/
Puevar678/
Pivore677/
Povoor677/
Pavojr671/
Payvor671/
Phebor671/
Pejvar671/
Phevar671/
Pivord670/
Peavar670/
Peweur670/

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