# Peckham (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,885 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,882 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,203 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (4,937 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɛkəm/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably from Old English Pēac- (“Peak”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). By surface analysis, Peck + -ham, referring to the River Peck in south London, though the river was likely named after the settlement.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peckham 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peckham in the United States and Australia.

## People named Peckham

- John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lawrie Peckham, Australian high jumper
- Elizabeth Peckham, American teacher, taxonomist, ethologist, arachnologist, and entomologist
- George Peckham, American teacher, taxonomist, ethologist, arachnologist, and entomologist

## Similar surnames

Pecina, Pagan, Pagano, Pizano, Pisano, Paquin, Pisani, Paxson, Pesina, Picone, Piceno, Poisson.

## 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.