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Peck

in the US

There are 34,599 people with the last name "Peck" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Peck 745
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  1. is 741st most common Noble
  2. is 742nd most common Conrad
  3. is 743rd most common House
  4. is 744th most common Rivas
  5. is 745th most common Peck
  6. is 746th most common Bradshaw
  7. is 747th most common Hardin
  8. is 748th most common Middleton
  9. is 749th most common Ochoa

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Peck

Robert, David, John, James, William, Michael, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas

Meaning & History

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).

English: variant of Peak 1.

Irish: variant of Peak 2.

South German: variant of Beck.

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

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.

Recent Searches for "Peck" in the US

Since June 2009
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Robert Peck (98 searches)
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