Peg Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Derbyshire 11
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 1
Norfolk 11
Warwickshire 10
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 3
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Peg Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Peg family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Female Servant 4
Ag Labourer 2
Coal Carrier 1
Male Servant 1
Boiler Maker 1
Almswoman 1
Frame Work Knitter 1
Independent 1
Apprentice 1
Farmer 1
Silk Winder 1
Excavator 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Peg

Name Census Frequency
William Peg 19
John Peg 15
Elizabeth Peg 13
James Peg 10
Mary Peg 10
George Peg 9
Sarah Peg 9
Ann Peg 7
Jane Peg 7
Thomas Peg 6
Hannah Peg 4
Catherine Peg 3
Charles Peg 3
Ellen Peg 3
Emma Peg 3
Martha Peg 3
Caroline Peg 2
Daniel Peg 2
Eliza Peg 2
Grace Peg 2
Henry Peg 2
Joseph Peg 2
Philip Peg 2
Samuel Peg 2
Albert Peg 1

Peg Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Page 50% 177,441
2 Pegg 75% 20,917
3 Paige 40% 3,426
4 Peg 100% 170
5 Puge 50% 153
6 Pig 67% 123
7 Pogue 40% 121

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The surname Peg is the 4th most popular variant of Page.

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