How common is the surname Peach?

4,815 people in the United States had the surname Peach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,122 Americans. It ranked 6,968th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Peach?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Peach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Peach?

Blair Peach, Anti-Nazi protestor killed by the police in 1979.

Where is the surname Peach most common?

Wikidata records people named Peach in New Zealand.

Is the surname Peach getting more or less common?

More common. 4,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,815 in 2010, up 6.7%.

Is Peach also a first name?

Yes. Peach is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Peach

A French surname, carried by 4,815 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peach is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

* As an English surname, from French péché (“sin”). Compare Peachey, Petch. * As a German surname, Americanized from Pietsch.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,815 people named Peach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,122 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,513.

#6,968

rank among US surnames

4,815

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,866)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,960	Rolle	4,819	64,068
#6,961	Dull	4,818	64,082
#6,965	Sigala	4,817	64,095
#6,968	Peach	4,815	64,122
#6,969	Neighbors	4,814	64,135
#6,971	Dones	4,813	64,148
#6,973	McComas	4,812	64,162

Who is named Peach

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

92% of people named Peach identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Peachs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Blair Peach
Anti-Nazi protestor killed by the police in 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peach

Peach has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Peach come from?: * As an English surname, from French péché (“sin”). Compare Peachey, Petch. * As a German surname, Americanized from Pietsch.
How common is the surname Peach?: 4,815 people in the United States had the surname Peach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,122 Americans. It ranked 6,968th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peach?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Peach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Peach?: Blair Peach, Anti-Nazi protestor killed by the police in 1979.
Where is the surname Peach most common?: Wikidata records people named Peach in New Zealand.
Is the surname Peach getting more or less common?: More common. 4,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,815 in 2010, up 6.7%.
Is Peach also a first name?: Yes. Peach is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.