Peels is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Peels
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Peels

How popular is Peels?

Peels is ranked 254931 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Peelses plummeted by 11.71548 per cent to 211 since 2000 and slipped by 12801 spots and ranked at 88020. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.45 63.18
Black 30.81 33.05
Others 2.84 0
Peels is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Netherlands which may be its originating country too. Around 1244 people have been found who wears Peels as their family name. Peels have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
280,667 Canada5
151,601 Spain1
174,544 Czech Republic1
107,212 South Africa1
37,779 Serbia1
53,033 Nigeria1
172,258 Germany1
153,416 Italy1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,388 Australia26
126,462 England22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
Countries with hundreds of Peels:
3,167 Netherlands802
83,017 United States284

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Henry Peels was 29 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 11, 1850 with Blacksmith Jane Peels. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as blacksmith and took Constitution from Liverpool.

Peels Namesakes

  • Derrek Peels, Actor
  • Derrek Peels, Actor

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