# Peacock (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/peacock/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,712 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,659 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,220 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (21,106 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pocock |

## Etymology

From peacock, a nickname for a vain and conceited person.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peacock in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peacock in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Peacock

- Gary Peacock, American jazz double-bassist
- Annette Peacock, American Jazz composer (born 1941)
- Hamish Peacock, Australian javelin thrower
- Zachery Peacock, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (1939–2021)
- Brad Peacock, American baseball player
- Kim Peacock, British actor (1901-1966)
- John A. Peacock, British cosmologist

## Similar surnames

Pocock, Pacheco, Pegues, Picazo, Piasecki, Pozos, Pascucci, Pazos, Pesek, Pajak, Posas.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.