Last Name PEEBLES

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Meaning Local: from Peebles in Peebleshire.
Local: From the town and shire of Peebles, in Scotland. 'Pobl,' Welsh, people, and 'lle,' a place; 'Pobull,' Gaelic, people, and 'eis,' many; the place of many people.
Origin Scottish, Chilean, Irish

Rank 3,811 (2000 US census) 3,321 (1990 US census)
Count 8,540 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 69.99%, or 5977 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.84%, or 2207 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.28%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.53%, or 45 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.81%, or 155 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.55%, or 132 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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