Pegram Surname

70,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Pegram Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peregrine.' Old French pelegrin, a pilgrim. The first two instances below strongly confirm this view; in fact, all but settle it. The change from 'n' to 'm' is common; compare Ransome for Ranson.

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Pegram Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5141:65,7347,671
England9281:60,0417,136
South Africa3381:160,28917,999
Australia731:369,80430,692
Wales291:106,7088,358
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
France11:66,422,722504,397
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3501:69,6447,830
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9551:52,5855,935

Pegram (44) may also be a first name.

Pegram Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peregrine.' Old French pelegrin, a pilgrim. The first two instances below strongly confirm this view; in fact, all but settle it. The change from 'n' to 'm' is common; compare Ransome for Ranson. v. Peregrine.

William Pegrin, Cambridgeshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alicia Pegrin, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1604. Robert Pigrome (Essex) and Elizabeth Butler: Marriage Lic. (London).

1785. Married — Isaac Pegram and Martha Wyatt: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) Pilgrim [Old French pelegrin (French pèlerin); Latin peregrin-us, a stranger: the l has dropped from the surname through the lengthening of the e] William Pegrin.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Possibly a corruption of Pilgrim.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Pegram Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pegram is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pegram? popularity and diffusion

It is the 70,722nd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,042,717 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Pegram live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,525,482nd most common first name worldwide It is held by 44 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 5,514 people, or 1 in 65,734. In The United States Pegram is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 33 percent reside, Virginia, where 15 percent reside and Texas, where 4 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Pegram Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pegram has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pegram last name increased 577 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 265 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 725 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 140 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pegram Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pegram surname are 14.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.34% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pegram earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.11% more than the national average, earning R 306,816 per year; in United States they earn 6.6% less than the national average, earning $40,302 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.21% more than the national average, earning $69,164 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peagram92259/
Peggram92166/
Piegram921/
Peagramm861/
Pegraham860/
Pigram83988/
Pagram83330/
Pegran8332/
Pygram8310/
Pogram835/
Pegrom832/
Pegrand771/
Phogram771/
Peggran770/
Pigream770/
Pegrane770/
Piggram770/
Pegrain770/
Pegrasin711/
Pigrom6722/
Pegron672/
Pogrom671/
Pigran670/
Pigrome6235/
Peyghron571/
Pigron5016/

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