The surname Peoples
A surname, carried by 18,672 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P142
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 18,672 people named Peoples in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,535 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,664.
Who is named Peoples
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
56% of people named Peoples identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 56%
- White (not Hispanic) 38%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Famous Peopless
2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- David PeoplesAmerican screenwriter, born 1940
- Paris PeoplesAmerican sprinter (born 2000)
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Peoples has the Soundex code P142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P142.
Questions
- How common is the surname Peoples?
- 18,672 people in the United States had the surname Peoples in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,535 Americans. It ranked 1,935th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Peoples?
- In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Peoples identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Peoples?
- David Peoples, American screenwriter, followed by Paris Peoples.
- Where is the surname Peoples most common?
- Wikidata records people named Peoples in the United States.
- Is the surname Peoples getting more or less common?
- More common. 17,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,672 in 2010, up 5.7%.