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    The surname Peel

    A surname, carried by 6,647 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P400

    Peel: #5,247 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peel #5,247, 6,647 people Peel: #5,247 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peel #5,247, 6,647 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peel is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,647 people named Peel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,449 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,603.

    #5,247
    rank among US surnames
    6,647
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,880)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,238Boettcher6,65946,365
    #5,239Stowers6,65746,379
    #5,241Kieffer6,65646,386
    #5,242McDougall6,65546,393
    #5,244Hasty6,65446,400
    #5,245Roden6,65346,407
    #5,246Pedro6,64946,435

    Who is named Peel

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

    86% of people named Peel identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Peels

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Peel
      American musician and songwriter (1943–2017)
    • Laura Peel
      Australian freestyle skier, born 1989
    • Jonathan Peel
      British Army general (1799-1879)

    Notable Peels come mostly from the United States (1), Australia (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Peel

    Peel has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Peel?
    6,647 people in the United States had the surname Peel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,449 Americans. It ranked 5,247th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peel?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Peel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Peel?
    David Peel, American musician and songwriter (1943–2017), followed by Laura Peel.
    Where is the surname Peel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Peel in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    Is the surname Peel getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,647 in 2010, up 0.7%.
    What are other spellings of Peel?
    Peal and Peall.