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Peak

in Massachusetts

There are 82 people with the last name "Peak" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Peak 8,314
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  1. is 8,310th most common Neuman
  2. is 8,311th most common Nydam
  3. is 8,312th most common Olmsted
  4. is 8,313th most common Partyka
  5. is 8,314th most common Peak
  6. is 8,315th most common Penza
  7. is 8,316th most common Perusse
  8. is 8,317th most common Petrella
  9. is 8,318th most common Pilgrim

Similar Names and Nicknames

Peck, Peek, Peake, Peace, Peach, Pesce, Peaks, Peachey, Pesch, Peeks

Most Common First Names for Peak

David, Katie, William, Christopher, Joyce, Margaret, Elizabeth, Faith, James, Jarrett

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone living by a pointed hill (or regional name from the Peak District (Old English Pēaclond) in Derbyshire), named with Old English pēac ‘peak’, ‘pointed hill’ (found only in place names). This word is not directly related to Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘pointed hill’, which yielded Pike; there is, however, some evidence of confusion between the two surnames.

Possibly also Irish: reduced form of McPeak.

FOREBEARS Major concentrations of the surname Peak are found in Staffordshire and the West Country of England. Among the earliest known bearers are Richard del Pech or del Pek (d. 1196), son of Rannulf, sheriff of Nottingham, and Richard del Peke settled in Denbighshire (now part of Clwyd), Wales, receiving lands from Henry de Lacey, earl of Lincoln, in return for helping to control the region. His descendants, who bear the name Peak(e), can be traced to the present day, and are found in New Zealand and Canada as well as in Britain. Peake is also the name of a family descended from John Pyke, who paid rent to the abbot of Leicester in 1477. The name took various forms, such as Peke and Pick, eventually becoming established as Peak in the 17th century.

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