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Peak

in South Carolina

There are 144 people with the last name "Peak" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Peak 3,191
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  1. is 3,187th most common Goddard
  2. is 3,188th most common London
  3. is 3,189th most common Marvin
  4. is 3,190th most common Mendenhall
  5. is 3,191st most common Peak
  6. is 3,192nd most common Presnell
  7. is 3,193rd most common Sands
  8. is 3,194th most common Starkey
  9. is 3,195th most common Tyndall

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Peak

Mary, Steven, Christopher, Clarissa, John, Robert, Sam, Shirley, Wallace, Cathy

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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