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The PEABODY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,310 5969 0.002 20
United States (1880 census) 2,867 2131 0.006 57
Change since 1880 +2443 -3838 -0.004 -37
Other Countries
Australia 16 61883 0 1
United Kingdom 271 13573 0.001 6
Top States for PEABODY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 443 6151 0.001 13
Massachusetts 439 1995 0.007 69
Michigan 400 2829 0.004 40
Maine 334 744 0.026 262
New York 283 6699 0.001 15
Top States for PEABODY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 334 744 0.026 262
New Hampshire 193 980 0.016 156
Vermont 70 1535 0.011 115
Massachusetts 439 1995 0.007 69
Montana 44 2850 0.005 49

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PEABODY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PEABODY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PEABODY in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PEABODY by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PEABODY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Nickname

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PEABODY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PEABODY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PEABODY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 152 2.86
White (Hispanic) 80 1.51
Mixed Race 60 1.13
Native American/Alaskan 56 1.05
Asian/Pacific 17 0.32
White (Caucasian) 4,945 93.13

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PEABODY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of PEABODY in historical publications

There is an ancient tradition (we give it for what it is worth), that this name was derived from one Boadie, a kinsman of Queen Boadicea, who assisted her in her revolt against the Romans. After the Britons were subdued by the Romans, Queen Boadicea dispatched herself by poison, and Boadie, with a remnant of the Britons, escaped to the mountains of Wales. Boadie, among the Cambri or Britons, signified a man or a great man, and Pea signified a large hill, a mountain, from which Boadie came to be called Peabodie, or the Mountain man, which became the name of the tribe.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to PEABODY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PEABODY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

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Potential typos for PEABODY

The following words are slight variants of PEABODY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.