# Peck (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/peck/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 40,055 |
| US rank (2010) | 864 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,708 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (39,432 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Speake with loss of the initial letter. * Also as an English (and sometimes Irish) surname, variant of Peak, Petch, Peach. * As a south German surname, variant of Beck. Compare Pek, also found in Poland. * As a Dutch and north German surname, from pek (“pitch, tar, resin”). * As a Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Pek, Pék meaning "baker," itself ultimately from the German verb backen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peck 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peck in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Peck

- Gregory Peck, American actor (1916–2003)
- Josh Peck, American actor and comedian (born 1986)
- M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist (1936–2005)
- Ethan Peck, American actor
- Charles Horton Peck, American mycologist (1833–1917)
- Bob Peck, British actor (1945-1999)
- Annie Smith Peck, American mountain climber and professor (1850–1935)
- Mizuo Peck, American actress
- J. Eddie Peck, American actor
- Ella Rae Peck, American actress
- Ed Peck, American actor (1917–1992)
- George Wilbur Peck, American politician in Wisconsin and newspaper founder (1840-1916)

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Pack, Peek, Peak, Peake, Pick, Paek, Peace, Peach, Pesce, Pech, 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.