How common is the surname McPeak?

3,625 people in the United States had the surname McPeak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,171 Americans. It ranked 9,020th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McPeak?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McPeak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McPeak getting more or less common?

More common. 3,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,625 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname McPeak

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,625 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M212

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McPeak is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Péice (“son of Péic”), of non-Celtic but obscure origin, perhaps in actuality related to English peak or its source. * As an English surname, from Old English pīc (see Pike) though it could also be from or influenced by Peak.

McPeak is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,625 people named McPeak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,171 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,576.

#9,020

rank among US surnames

3,625

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,484)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,011	Hirst	3,630	85,054
#9,013	Traynor	3,628	85,101
#9,017	Garwood	3,626	85,148
#9,020	Stonge	3,625	85,171
#9,023	Lua	3,624	85,195
#9,025	Partlow	3,623	85,218
#9,026	Batt	3,622	85,242

Who is named McPeak

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named McPeak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McPeak

McPeak has the Soundex code M212, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M212.

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname McPeak come from?: * As an Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Péice (“son of Péic”), of non-Celtic but obscure origin, perhaps in actuality related to English peak or its source. * As an English surname, from Old English pīc (see Pike) though it could also be from or influenced by Peak.
How common is the surname McPeak?: 3,625 people in the United States had the surname McPeak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,171 Americans. It ranked 9,020th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McPeak?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McPeak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McPeak?: McPeak is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McPeak getting more or less common?: More common. 3,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,625 in 2010, up 1.4%.