Peat Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 3
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 88
Derbyshire 221
Devon 20
Durham 23
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 6
Hampshire 13
Hertfordshire 6
Hunts and Rutland 11
Kent 27
Lancashire 66
Leicestershire 42
Lincolnshire 23
London 99
Middlesex 17
Montgomeryshire 26
Monmouthshire 1
Northumberland 8
Nottinghamshire 9
Oxfordshire 2
Shropshire 9
Suffolk 10
Somerset 6
Surrey 14
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 17
Warwickshire 10
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 203
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Peat Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Peat family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 50
Female Servant 35
Independent 29
Farmer 16
Tailor 15
Labourer 13
Male Servant 12
Shoe Maker 11
Weaver 6
Butcher 6
Carpenter 5
Independant 5
Stone Mason 5
Cotton Frame Work Knitter 5
Cotton Spinner 5
Frame Work Knitter 5
Plumber 5
Woollen Weaver 5
Gardener 4
Grocer 4
Baker 4
Miller 3
Clothier 3
Clothier Journeyman 3
Spinner 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Peat

Name Census Frequency
Mary Peat 892
William Peat 850
John Peat 777
Elizabeth Peat 569
Sarah Peat 491
Thomas Peat 479
George Peat 438
James Peat 349
Jane Peat 339
Ann Peat 303
Joseph Peat 288
Henry Peat 231
Margaret Peat 211
Hannah Peat 195
Eliza Peat 182
Robert Peat 170
Annie Peat 165
Ellen Peat 158
Richard Peat 155
Samuel Peat 155
Charles Peat 144
Alice Peat 133
Edward Peat 125
Emma Peat 124
Arthur Peat 122

Peat Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Peat 100% 12,525
2 Peet 75% 11,375
3 Pate 50% 7,226
4 Peate 80% 2,820
5 Peto 50% 1,635
6 Pite 25% 1,128
7 Pote 25% 864
8 Poat 75% 856
9 Peatt 80% 623
10 Poate 60% 513
11 Pout 50% 479
12 Peete 60% 316
13 Pit 50% 296
14 Poet 50% 279
15 Put 50% 148
16 Pete 50% 131
17 Poot 50% 124

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The surname Peat is the most popular version of all its varients

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