Peat is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Peat
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Peat

How popular is Peat?

Peat is common in United States.

Peat is ranked 65101 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Peats plummeted by 17.65376 per cent to 723 since 2000 and slipped by 5715 spots and ranked at 31906. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.71 77.11
Black 24.07 18.45
Hispanic or Latino 2.63 1.59
Others 2.21 1.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.38 0
Peat is quite popular family name mostly used in England while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 6993 people have been found who wears Peat as their family name. Peat is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
32,086 Mexico3
6,270 Hong Kong3
21,529 Singapore2
723,167 Indonesia2
139,444 Brazil2
7,314 Bolivia1
4,249 Cambodia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
49,101 Denmark1
3,071 Jersey1
2,935 Madagascar1
40,340 Malaysia1
47,891 Norway1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
29,046 Japan1
2,057 Isle of Man1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
71,920 Spain22
406,964 Russia14
78,557 Netherlands13
536,142 India13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
72,056 Italy78
56,973 South Africa73
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Peat:
5,301 Australia563
7,869 Canada526
1,633 Scotland446
1,949 New Zealand386
1,368 Taiwan232
1,506 Jamaica178
59,024 Germany168
71,478 France135
3,096 Ireland131
Countries with thousands of Peat:
2,855 England2,705
25,462 United States1,205
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Ellen Peat from Ireland aboard the Wm. H. Harbeck from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA on March 20, 1850. Maid Catherine Peat, School Master Thomas Peat, 29 years old George Peat, are other Peat that migrated to US.

Peat Namesakes

  • Adam Peaty, Swimmer
  • Andrus Peat, Football player
  • Nathan Peat, Soccer player
  • Bette Peat, Author
  • Todd Peat Sr., Football player
  • Donald C. Peattie, Botanist
  • F. David Peat, Physicist
  • Don Peattie, Soccer player
  • Iorwerth Peate, Poet
  • Andrus Peat, Football player

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