How common is the surname Peachey?

3,918 people in the United States had the surname Peachey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,802 Americans. It ranked 8,432nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Peachey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,918 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Peachey

A surname, carried by 3,918 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peachey is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,918 people named Peachey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,802 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,154.

#8,432

rank among US surnames

3,918

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+24.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,458)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,427	Hagood	3,922	78,721
#8,429	Campana	3,920	78,762
#8,430	Maurice	3,919	78,782
#8,432	Hake	3,918	78,802
#8,434	Dameron	3,917	78,822

Who is named Peachey

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

95% of people named Peachey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peachey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Peachey?: 3,918 people in the United States had the surname Peachey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,802 Americans. It ranked 8,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peachey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Peachey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Peachey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,918 in 2010, up 24%.