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    The surname McPeek

    An Irish surname, carried by 2,383 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M212

    McPeek: #12,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McPeek #12,900, 2,383 people McPeek: #12,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McPeek #12,900, 2,383 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McPeek is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McPeak.

    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 2,383 people named McPeek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,562 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,327.

    #12,900
    rank among US surnames
    2,383
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,261)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,894Bross2,385129,453
    #12,897Dedrick2,384129,507
    #12,900Jacobus2,383129,562
    #12,904Leist2,382129,616

    Who is named McPeek

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

    95% of people named McPeek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McPeek

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McPeek come from?
    Variant of McPeak.
    How common is the surname McPeek?
    2,383 people in the United States had the surname McPeek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,562 Americans. It ranked 12,900th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McPeek?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McPeek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McPeek getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,383 in 2010, up 2.4%.