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Peck

in West Virginia

There are 346 people with the last name "Peck" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Peck 690
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  1. is 686th most common Mercer
  2. is 687th most common Redden
  3. is 688th most common Tolliver
  4. is 689th most common Means
  5. is 690th most common Peck
  6. is 691st most common Preston
  7. is 692nd most common Wellman
  8. is 693rd most common Bunner
  9. is 694th most common Horton

Similar Names and Nicknames

Pack, Peek, Peckham, Peace, Peak, Peake, Peach, Pick, Pucci, Pesce

Most Common First Names for Peck

David, Donald, Mary, Robert, John, Jessica, Larry, Michael, Ronald, Betty

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Meaning & History

1. English (mainly East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for someone who dealt in weights and measures, for example a grain factor, from Middle English pekke ‘peck’ (an old measure of dry goods equivalent to eight quarts or a quarter of a bushel).

2. English: variant of Peak 1.

3. Irish: variant of Peak 2.

4. South German: variant of Beck.

5. North German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for someone who prepared or sold pitch, from Middle Low German pek, Middle Dutch pec, pic.

6. Dutch: from Middle Dutch pec, pick ‘desperate straits’, hence a nickname for a person in difficult circumstances or perhaps for someone with a gloomy disposition.

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