# Peel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/peel/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,647 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,247 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,449 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (6,603 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Peal, Peall |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peel 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peel in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Peel

- David Peel, American musician and songwriter (1943–2017)
- Laura Peel, Australian freestyle skier
- Jonathan Peel, British Army general (1799-1879)

## Similar surnames

Pell, Peele, Pelley, Peil, Piel, Peal, Peale, Powell, Paul, Poole, Pyle, Pool.

## 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.