# Peak (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,713 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,076 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,435 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (8,034 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from several placenames in England derived from the noun peak or its source. * Also as an English surname, shortened from Peacock. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McPeak.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peak 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Peck, Pack, Peek, Pak, Peake, Paik, Paek, Pease, Peace, Peach, Page, Pace.

## 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.