Last Name PECK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the peck, i.e. the hilltop. From Medieval English 'pek,' 'the gull of the pek,' i.e. the hill of the Peak.
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Falkland, Haitian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 796 (2000 US census) 795 (1990 US census)
Count 39,432 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.39%, or 36431 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.45%, or 1360 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.66%, or 260 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.48%, or 189 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.38%, or 544 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.63%, or 643 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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