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    The surname Peele

    A surname, carried by 4,373 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P400

    Peele: #7,600 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peele #7,600, 4,373 people Peele: #7,600 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peele #7,600, 4,373 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peele is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,373 people named Peele in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,603 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,329.

    #7,600
    rank among US surnames
    4,373
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #7,116)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,595Claypool4,37670,554
    #7,597Mertens4,37570,570
    #7,599Renshaw4,37470,587
    #7,600Peele4,37370,603
    #7,601Bachmann4,37270,619

    Who is named Peele

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

    62% of people named Peele identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Peeles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jordan Peele
      American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1979)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peele

    Peele 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 Peele?
    4,373 people in the United States had the surname Peele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,603 Americans. It ranked 7,600th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peele?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Peele identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Peele?
    Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1979).
    Where is the surname Peele most common?
    Wikidata records people named Peele in the United States.
    Is the surname Peele getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,373 in 2010, up 1.0%.