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The Peine surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 723 people carried this name — #31,906 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is down 9% from 791 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Peine surname

A surname transferred from the place name.

From Middle Low German Pagin, perhaps from Latin pagus (“rural area, countryside”).

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Peine.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Vaucluse.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Vaucluse 13
Bas-Rhin 8
Charente 7
Allier 6
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 4
Creuse 4
Haute-Garonne 3
Dordogne 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Peine,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jette Mahler 1865–1943
  • Hanna Peine 1870–1940
  • Friedrich Peine 1871–1952 · politician
  • Friederike Peine 1871–1940
  • Dina Peine 1871–1944
  • Berta Salomon 1872–1940

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Peine is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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