How common is the surname Peak?

8,713 people in the United States had the surname Peak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,435 Americans. It ranked 4,076th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Peak getting more or less common?

More common. 8,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,713 in 2010, up 8.5%.

The surname Peak

A surname, carried by 8,713 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peak is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,713 people named Peak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,435 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,034.

#4,076

rank among US surnames

8,713

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+8.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,072	Kish	8,725	35,386
#4,074	Geer	8,717	35,419
#4,075	Foltz	8,714	35,431
#4,076	Santoro	8,713	35,435

Who is named Peak

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

77% of people named Peak identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peak

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

Questions

Where does the surname Peak come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Peak?: 8,713 people in the United States had the surname Peak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,435 Americans. It ranked 4,076th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peak?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Peak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Peak getting more or less common?: More common. 8,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,713 in 2010, up 8.5%.