How common is the surname Peebles?

8,843 people in the United States had the surname Peebles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,914 Americans. It ranked 4,021st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Peebles?

Melvin Van Peebles, American filmmaker (1932–2021), followed by Ann Peebles.

Where is the surname Peebles most common?

Wikidata records people named Peebles in the United States.

Is the surname Peebles getting more or less common?

More common. 8,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,843 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Peebles

A Scottish place surname, carried by 8,843 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P142

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

Origin

Scottish origin

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papilio, papillon, and pavilion. * The surname is Scottish and derived from the town. * The towns in Canada, the U.S. and New Zealand are named either after the town in Scotland or after a person bearing the surname.

Peebles is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,843 people named Peebles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,914 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,540.

#4,021

rank among US surnames

8,843

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,811)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,016	Weatherford	8,850	34,887
#4,018	McVey	8,848	34,894
#4,019	Ritchey	8,844	34,910
#4,021	Peebles	8,843	34,914
#4,022	Chiang	8,841	34,922

Who is named Peebles

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

67% of people named Peebles identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Peebless

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melvin Van Peebles
American filmmaker (1932–2021)
Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter, born 1947
Robert Knight
American singer, 1945–2017

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peebles

Peebles has the Soundex code P142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P142.

Questions

Where does the surname Peebles come from?: * The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papilio, papillon, and pavilion. * The surname is Scottish and derived from…
How common is the surname Peebles?: 8,843 people in the United States had the surname Peebles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,914 Americans. It ranked 4,021st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peebles?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Peebles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Peebles?: Melvin Van Peebles, American filmmaker (1932–2021), followed by Ann Peebles.
Where is the surname Peebles most common?: Wikidata records people named Peebles in the United States.
What type of surname is Peebles?: Peebles is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Peebles getting more or less common?: More common. 8,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,843 in 2010, up 3.5%.