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    The surname Peavy

    A surname, carried by 5,016 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P100

    Peavy: #6,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peavy #6,726, 5,016 people Peavy: #6,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peavy #6,726, 5,016 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peavy 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 5,016 people named Peavy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,552 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,934.

    #6,726
    rank among US surnames
    5,016
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,353)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,721Wojciechowski5,02361,466
    #6,724Calzada5,02261,479
    #6,725Poff5,02161,491
    #6,726Peavy5,01661,552

    Who is named Peavy

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

    65% of people named Peavy identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Peavys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jake Peavy
      American baseball player, born 1981

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peavy

    Peavy has the Soundex code P100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Peavy?
    5,016 people in the United States had the surname Peavy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,552 Americans. It ranked 6,726th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peavy?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Peavy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Peavy?
    Jake Peavy, American baseball player.
    Where is the surname Peavy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Peavy in the United States.
    Is the surname Peavy getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,016 in 2010, up 1.7%.