Peggy Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Botswana

Peggy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peggy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1661:796,68260,566
Philippines701:1,446,260102,978
Israel701:122,25213,395
Botswana611:35,8517,015
Nigeria451:3,936,506111,794
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Singapore131:423,66918,211
France131:5,109,440259,941
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England31:18,572,686338,250
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Peggy (585,045) may also be a first name.

Peggy Last Name Facts

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

Peggy (Arabic: بيغي, Marathi: पेगी) is found most in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Peggy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peggy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 617,991st most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Peggy are found; 52 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 35 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,708th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 585,045 people.

This last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 796,682. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 58 percent reside, Jakarta, where 39 percent reside and Bangka Belitung Islands, where 4 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent reside and Israel, where 14 percent reside.

Peggy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Peggy surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peggyo911/
Peggye910/
Pegg8911,697/
Pegy8932/
Pggy891/
Peguy80419/
Pegge80274/
Beggy80175/
Piggy80113/
Peggi8092/
Pegay8071/
Poggy8047/
Peggu8035/
Paggy8021/
Puggy8010/
Pegga808/
Peggo806/
Pegoy801/
Peg75298/
Pgg756/
Peggie73281/
Peggau73240/
Piegay73221/
Peggio73142/
Pegaya7341/
Pieggi7329/
Beggey7316/
Peggah7313/
Peggee735/
Poggay735/
Peguya733/
Peguay733/
Pegayo733/
Pehggu732/
Pegaye732/
Peggou732/
Beggay731/
Peggia731/
Powegg731/
Beiggy731/
Peygay731/
Peggua731/
Pouggy731/
Puggey730/
Peugoy730/
Pegu67238,882/
Begg6710,776/
Pego679,076/
Pigg676,761/
Pega672,616/
Peyk672,065/
Peig67456/
Paeg6736/
Peky6735/
Peyg6725/
Pagg6724/
Peug6723/
Peeg6721/
Pueg6717/
Pegh6713/
Pogg677/
Pugg676/
Poeg675/
Pggu675/
Peog673/
Pieg673/
Pkey672/
Pgoy672/
Pgay672/
Peyq672/
Payegay671/
Peag671/
Pwgg671/
Ppeg671/
Pggh671/
Pggi671/
Pewg671/
Pbeg671/
Wpeg671/
Pegayao671/
Hpeg671/
Hpgg671/
Peugaye671/
Pegü671/

Peggy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peggy in the Marathi language
पेगीpegi-
Peggy in the Arabic language
بيغيbyghy-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peggy
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