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Pepper

in the US

There are 10,182 people with the last name "Pepper" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Pepper 2,731
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  1. is 2,727th most common Araujo
  2. is 2,728th most common Matlock
  3. is 2,729th most common Still
  4. is 2,730th most common Birch
  5. is 2,731st most common Pepper
  6. is 2,732nd most common Paxton
  7. is 2,733rd most common Carbajal
  8. is 2,734th most common Huntley
  9. is 2,735th most common Mcalister

Similar Names and Nicknames

Peppers, Pepple, Peppard, Peppler, Popper, Peppel, Peppin, Pepperman, Peppe, Papper

Most Common First Names for Pepper

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

Meaning & History

English and North German: from Middle English peper, piper, Middle Low German peper ‘pepper’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer; alternatively, it may be a nickname for a small man (as if the size of a peppercorn) or one with a fiery temper, or for a dark-haired person (from the color of a peppercorn) or anecdotal for someone who paid a peppercorn rent.

Americanized form of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental name Pfeffer, or Fef(f)er, a cognate, from Yiddish fefer ‘pepper’.

Irish: variant of Peppard.

Recent Searches for "Pepper" in the US

Since June 2009
3,801

Most Popular Search

John Pepper (96 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv3)

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