Last Name PEDLER

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Meaning The peddler, a chapman, a pedlar, i.e. one who makes baskets, or one who hawks fish, from 'ped,' a pannier or basket. The market in Norwich was, or is, a ped-market, from the fact that the wares were brought in from the country in peds, and thus exposed to sale. Hence in general a hawker or pedlar.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 88,083 (2000 US census)
Count 196 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.92%, or 188 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.55%, or 5 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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