How common is the surname Peake?

5,137 people in the United States had the surname Peake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,102 Americans. It ranked 6,594th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Peake?

Timothy Peake, British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut, followed by Maxine Peake.

Where is the surname Peake most common?

Wikidata records people named Peake in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Peake getting more or less common?

More common. 4,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,137 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Peake

A surname, carried by 5,137 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). Peake is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,137 people named Peake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,102 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,737.

#6,594

rank among US surnames

5,137

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,601)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,586	Rigdon	5,145	60,009
#6,587	Matz	5,143	60,032
#6,588	Beane	5,142	60,044
#6,589	Kranz	5,141	60,056
#6,590	Yanes	5,140	60,067
#6,591	Knighton	5,139	60,079
#6,593	Benfield	5,138	60,091

Who is named Peake

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

74% of people named Peake identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Peakes

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy Peake
British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut, born 1972
Maxine Peake
British actress, born 1974
Frederick Peake
British Army officer and police officer (1886–1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peake

Peake 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 Peake?: 5,137 people in the United States had the surname Peake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,102 Americans. It ranked 6,594th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peake?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Peake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Peake?: Timothy Peake, British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut, followed by Maxine Peake.
Where is the surname Peake most common?: Wikidata records people named Peake in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Peake getting more or less common?: More common. 4,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,137 in 2010, up 8.4%.