The McPeak surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,625 people carried this name — #9,020 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,576 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McPeak surname

As an Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Péice (“son of Péic”), of non-Celtic but obscure origin, perhaps in actuality related to English peak or its source.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McPeak» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McPeak in American newspapers,
1905–1909.

Newspaper page from Passaic City Record carrying the name McPeak
Passaic City Record 1905-07-29
Newspaper page from Times-promoter carrying the name McPeak
Times-promoter 1909-05-06
Newspaper page from Pocahontas Times carrying the name McPeak
Pocahontas Times 1907-08-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,364 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McPeak in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

129 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McPeak. The most, 31, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 88
Western Australia 19
South Australia 10
Queensland 9
Victoria 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McPeak.

Who carried it

People named McPeak,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bill McPeak
    Bill McPeak 1926–1991 · American football coach
  • Sandy McPeak 1936–1997 · film actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McPeak,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States299 records

299 records of the McPeak name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 99
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 43
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 40
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Milford M. McPeak

    Born 1924 in Iowa. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold; farm hand from Wright County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Renwick, Iowa.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary McPeak

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Ashland from Liverpool, aged 16; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Wade W. McPeak

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1996; buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 299 records for McPeak in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia22 records

22 records of the McPeak name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Susan McPeak

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Tory, sailing from London in 1848. Native of Fife.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry McPeak

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Catharine Mitchell, aged 24; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elsie Maud McPeak

    Of Dunedin, New Zealand; died 1968.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for McPeak in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the McPeak name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kenneth Peter McPeak

    Buried in 1977 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 78.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Margaret Cecelia McPeak

    Died 1948 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Cecilia McPeak

    Married 1947 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for McPeak in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the McPeak name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Florence Vera McPeak

    Died 1936, aged 46; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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