# Peer (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,736 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,773 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 82,641 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (3,763 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peer 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peer in Austria.

## People named Peer

- Franziska Peer, Austrian sport shooter

## Similar surnames

Perry, Perea, Peery, Perri, Pera, Pero, Pier, Perro, Pere, Poer, Parra, Pierre.

## 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.