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Peak

in Rhode Island

There are 2 people with the last name "Peak" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Peak 45,574
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  1. is 45,570th most common Pazhouhandeh
  2. is 45,571st most common Pazmino
  3. is 45,572nd most common Pazos
  4. is 45,573rd most common Peacos
  5. is 45,574th most common Peak
  6. is 45,575th most common Pearls
  7. is 45,576th most common Pearman
  8. is 45,577th most common Pecceu
  9. is 45,578th most common Pechilis

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Peak

Kathleen, Virginia

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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