Last Name PEACOCK

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Meaning Nickname: The peacock, the gaudy, the proud. Probably the sobriquet would not be unacceptable to the bearer.
A name given from fondness for display � they bear three peacocks in their pride, in their arms.
Taken from the name of the well-known fowl; 'pea,' contracted from the Latin, 'pavo,' Saxon, 'pawa,' French, 'paon,' � a name given from a fondness of display.
Origin English, Scottish, Native American, Chilean, Irish, South african

Rank 1,564 (2000 US census) 1,609 (1990 US census)
Count 21,106 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.98%, or 18147 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.33%, or 2180 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 82 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.77%, or 163 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.27%, or 268 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.26%, or 266 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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