Pepperill Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Pepperill Surname Definition:

William Peverel was a natural son of William the Conqueror, who entered England at the Conquest. 'In Domesday it is continually spelt Piperellus. Mr. Planche: (Journal of Arch. Assoc. viii. 196) conjectures that it had a personal signification, and that' it is a corruption of Puerulus, which is almost identical with Peuerellus, as we find it written in the Anglo-Norman Pipe and Plea Rolls' (v.

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Pepperill Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Pepperill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

William Peverel was a natural son of William the Conqueror, who entered England at the Conquest. 'In Domesday it is continually spelt Piperellus. Mr. Planche: (Journal of Arch. Assoc. viii. 196) conjectures that it had a personal signification, and that' it is a corruption of Puerulus, which is almost identical with Peuerellus, as we find it written in the Anglo-Norman Pipe and Plea Rolls' (v. Lower's Patr. Brit). This would make the meaning to be Littleboy. It does not seem satisfactory. In any case Pepperall, Pepperell, and Pepperill are variants of Peverall.

Pagan Peverel, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard Peverel, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Sir Hugh le Peverel (sic), 1344: History of Norfolk.

1757. Married — Benjamin Pepperel and Mary Grange: St. George, Hanover Square.

1806. — George Hillem and Margaret Peverell: ibid.

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

PEVEREL: William Peverel was a natural son of William the Conqueror, who entered England at the Conquest, and received, as his share of the subjugated country, one hundred and sixty-two manors, many of which were in the counties of Nottingham and Derby. The surname appears not to be local. I know of no place so called in Normandy; nor do we meet with any instance of its being prefixed by De. In Domesday Book it is continually spelt Piperellus-"Terra Ranulphi Piperelli." Mr. Planche (Journal of Arch. Assoc, viii. 196) conjectures that it had a personal signification; and that "it is a corruption of Puerulus, which is almost identical with Peuerellus, as we find it written in the Anglo-Norman Pipe and Plea Bolls. Thew being pronounced v is now stigmatized as ' cockney.' It may, in those days, particularly by Frenchmen, have been considered correct." H this ingenious etymology be true, the old surname Littletoys, borne by a gentry family formerly resident at Wickham, co. Bucks, and Ashburnham, co. Sussex, may be a literal translation of this great baronial appellative.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

PEPRILL: Probably from Peperellus, a latinized form of Peverel.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or Piperellus, a form of Peverell of Normandy.

— The Norman People (1874)
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Pepperill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pepperill is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Pepperill click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pepperill? popularity and diffusion

Pepperill is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Pepperill are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Pepperill is most numerous in England, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England it is most numerous in: Suffolk, where 88 percent reside, Norfolk, where 6 percent reside and Greater London, where 6 percent reside. Not including England it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 42 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Pepperill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pepperill has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pepperill surname contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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