Peake Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 33
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 190
Cornwall 45
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 46
Devon 78
Dorset 2
Durham 21
Essex 89
Gloucestershire 42
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 16
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 2
Kent 68
Lancashire 348
Leicestershire 112
Lincolnshire 50
London 367
Middlesex 113
Northumberland 16
Norfolk 76
Northamptonshire 19
Nottinghamshire 88
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 181
Suffolk 41
Somerset 23
Surrey 38
Sussex 28
Staffordshire 597
Warwickshire 88
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 152

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 29
Flintshire 8
Glamorgan 63
Merionethshire 15
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 28
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Peake Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Peake family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 51
General Labourer 28
Dress Maker 20
General Servant Domestic 20
Scholar 18
Bricklayer 18
Farmer 18
Cook Domestic 14
Domestic Servant 12
Housemaid Domestic 12
School Boy 10
Brick Layer 9
Dressmaker 8
Coal Hewer 8
Coal Miner Hewer 8
House Maid Domestic 8
Clerk 7
Gardener Domestic 7
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 7
Carpenter 6
House Keeper 6
Cotton Weaver 6
House Painter 6
Railway Clerk 6
Tailoress 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Peake

Name Census Frequency
William Peake 1,365
Mary Peake 1,292
John Peake 1,129
Thomas Peake 878
Elizabeth Peake 846
Sarah Peake 748
George Peake 656
James Peake 483
Ann Peake 396
Henry Peake 382
Jane Peake 381
Charles Peake 344
Joseph Peake 329
Eliza Peake 307
Emma Peake 282
Annie Peake 270
Frederick Peake 260
Alice Peake 255
Samuel Peake 251
Robert Peake 243
Edward Peake 236
Richard Peake 222
Arthur Peake 220
Ellen Peake 216
Alfred Peake 211

Peake Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pike 60% 61,943
2 Peake 100% 19,857
3 Peek 60% 10,149
4 Peak 80% 10,010
5 Pook 40% 6,183
6 Peeke 80% 1,392
7 Pake 80% 1,248
8 Poke 60% 1,159
9 Peack 60% 681
10 Pooke 60% 319
11 Puke 60% 138
12 Peke 80% 124
13 Piko 40% 122

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The surname Peake is the 2nd most popular variant of Pike.

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