Last Name PEACE

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Meaning	The son of Pece, a great Yorkshire surname. Pece was once of the many variants of Pace, i.e. Easter, so given because born or baptized on that day. In Lancashire Easter-egging is Pace-egging or Peace-egging.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,781 (2000 US census)	3,821 (1990 US census)

Count	8,601 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

71.55%, or 6154 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.63%, or 2032 total occurrences, as black,
0.62%, or 53 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.79%, or 68 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2%, or 172 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.42%, or 122 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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