Last Name PEAL

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Meaning Local: At the peel, from residence at a fortified house so termed. 'Peel,' a square tower, a fortress. Many old mansions still bear the name of 'the Peel' in the North of England. Peel Castle in Furness is well known, and no doubt John Peel of Cumberland hunting celebrity got his name from that spot.
Origin English, Irish, Liberian

Rank 18,364 (2000 US census) 33,089 (1990 US census)
Count 1,391 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.34%, or 1048 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.7%, or 274 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.65%, or 23 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.37%, or 33 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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