The Peay surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,256 people carried this name — #9,919 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,987 in 2000.

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In print

Peay in American newspapers,
1912–1927.

Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Peay
South Bend News-times 1927-10-03
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Peay
The Bismarck Tribune 1927-10-01
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Peay
The San Francisco Call 1912-09-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,695 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Peay in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

37 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Peay. The most, 6, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 12
New South Wales 11
Queensland 7
South Australia 3
Western Australia 3
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Peay,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Austin Peay
    Austin Peay 1876–1927 · lawyer
  • Brook Benton
    Brook Benton 1931–1988 · singer
  • Francis Peay 1944–2013 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Peay,
in the records of the United States.

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 States180 records

180 records of the Peay name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 113
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jack Peay

    Born 1916 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Russells Cemetery, Winnsboro, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harvey A. Peay

    Born 1948; from Drakesboro, Kentucky. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Edward Peay

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the France from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 57; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 180 records for Peay 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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