How common is the surname Peacock?

21,712 people in the United States had the surname Peacock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,220 Americans. It ranked 1,659th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Peacock?

Gary Peacock, American jazz double-bassist, followed by Annette Peacock.

Where is the surname Peacock most common?

Wikidata records people named Peacock in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Peacock getting more or less common?

More common. 21,106 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,712 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Peacock

A nickname surname, carried by 21,712 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peacock is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

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

Peacock is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,712 people named Peacock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,220 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,106.

#1,659

rank among US surnames

21,712

people in 2010

7.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,564)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,650	Wolff	21,815	14,153
#1,651	Thorpe	21,813	14,154
#1,652	Hassan	21,801	14,162
#1,653	Hadley	21,771	14,182
#1,654	Healy	21,751	14,195
#1,655	McDonough	21,739	14,202
#1,656	Shin	21,735	14,205

Who is named Peacock

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

84% of people named Peacock identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Peacocks

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gary Peacock
American jazz double-bassist, 1935–2020
Annette Peacock
American Jazz composer (born 1941)
Hamish Peacock
Australian javelin thrower, born 1990
Zachery Peacock
American basketball player (born 1987)
Andrew Peacock
Australian politician (1939–2021)
Brad Peacock
American baseball player, born 1988
Kim Peacock
British actor (1901-1966)
John A. Peacock
British cosmologist, born 1956

Notable Peacocks come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Pocock

Surnames that sound like Peacock

Pocock

Peacock has the Soundex code P220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P220.

Questions

Where does the surname Peacock come from?: From peacock, a nickname for a vain and conceited person.
How common is the surname Peacock?: 21,712 people in the United States had the surname Peacock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,220 Americans. It ranked 1,659th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peacock?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Peacock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Peacock?: Gary Peacock, American jazz double-bassist, followed by Annette Peacock.
Where is the surname Peacock most common?: Wikidata records people named Peacock in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Peacock?: Peacock is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Peacock getting more or less common?: More common. 21,106 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,712 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Peacock?: Pocock.