Pegg Surname

44,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pegg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Margaret,' from nick. Peg and Pog (v. Pogson). A much earlier nick, than is usually imagined.

Peter Peg, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Pegge, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Pegg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,3001:10,5131,556
United States3,6821:98,44110,945
Canada1,1771:31,3054,078
Australia9861:27,3793,717
New Zealand1431:31,6675,500
Scotland931:57,5684,778
Wales741:41,8184,057
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
France361:1,845,076161,051
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Norway111:467,48139,375
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6961:14,3722,146
Wales291:54,0832,718
Scotland181:207,9567,652
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7261:69,1727,496

Pegg (355) may also be a first name.

Pegg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Margaret,' from nick. Peg and Pog (v. Pogson). A much earlier nick, than is usually imagined.

Peter Peg, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Pegge, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Martin Peggi, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Bartholomew Peggi, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Henry Pegge, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Peter Pegge, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Johannes Pegge, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Magota Pegge. 1379: ibid.

1680. Married — Joseph Harrison and Martha Pegg: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1739. Married — John Pegg; and Elia. Traunter: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Teutonic) 1 the Anglo-Saxon name-stem Pe(c)g-, Pœg- (as in the Anglo-Saxon geoGreek names Pecg- esford, Pecganham, Peginga- Pœgingaburne, etc. [the stem is seen in Dutch and Low German peg-el (whence Mod. High Ger.pegel), a gauge, liquid-measure = Old English pœg-el, a vessel for liquids (as wine), prob. orig, with the measure marked off by a peg; as well as in English peg, Middle English pegge] 2 the pet form, Peg (with diminutive suff., Peggie), of Margaret (q.v.) is prob. due to the early-8th-cent. St. Pega (St. Guthlac’s sister), whose name is seen (palatalized) in Peakirk (Northants), whose ancient church is dedicated to St. Pega [same etymology] Peter Peg.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Magota Pegge.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

There has prob. been some confusion with Pigg, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Dutch, Peck, Pek; a personal name.

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

The name of Pegg or Pegge is now mostly represented in the neighbourhood of Derby, and but scantily in Ashbourn, which was the home of the name in the early part of the 17th century, when the Pegges were a prosperous gentle family of that place. In 1669, Christopher Pegge, Esq., of the Middle Temple, left by will his house in Ashbourn, together with lands in Ashover and Wingerworth, for the erection of almshouses in Ashbourn; and in 1666 Edward Pegg, of this place, left a bequest for the poor (G.). To this Ashbourn family belonged Edward Pegge, who in the reign of Charles II. came into possession of the Beauchief estate, near Norton, by marrying the heiress of the Strelley family, and there his descendants lived during last century (G.). The Pegges of Beauchiffe served as high sheriffs of the county in 1667 and 1739 (P.). The Rev. Samuel Pegge, of Whittington, was a Derbyshire antiquarian a century ago (P.). Pegg and Peggi were Oxfordshire names in the 13th century (H. R.). Pegg is also a Norfolk name.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

(English) The Pegg surname means 'son of Margaret'.

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Pegg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pegg (Russian: Пегг) occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pegg? popularity and diffusion

Pegg is the 44,391st most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 623,027 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Pegg are found; 47 percent are found in Northern Europe and 47 percent are found in British Isles. Pegg is also the 462,374th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 355 people.

The last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 5,300 people, or 1 in 10,513. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Leicestershire, where 9 percent live, Derbyshire, where 8 percent live and Greater London, where 8 percent live. Aside from England this last name occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Pegg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pegg has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Pegg last name increased 313 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 507 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 517 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 255 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 79 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pegg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pegg last name are 16.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.63% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pegg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.07% more than the national average, earning 363,627 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 441.63% more than the national average, earning R 1,287,110 per year; in United States they earn 3.8% less than the national average, earning $41,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.69% more than the national average, earning $53,008 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peggs891,298/
Pejgg891/
Peg86298/
Pigg756,761/
Peig75456/
Peyg7525/
Peug7523/
Peeg7521/
Pegh7513/
Pegs7512/
Pheg757/
Pesg755/
Pieg753/
Pegq752/
Peag751/
Pegt751/
Ppeg751/
Pegk751/
Vpeg751/
Hpeg751/
Peggová731/
Peugh671,508/
Pegue67263/
Piggs6788/
Peigh6771/
Phegc673/
Pehgh672/
Puigg672/
Peagt671/
Piegh671/
Peagk671/
Pegqu671/
Pegkc671/
Pesgz671/
Piegq671/
Peegh671/
Paigg670/

Pegg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pegg in the Russian language
Пеггpegg-

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Pegg Reference & Research

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