The Peppers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,171 people carried this name — #6,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,831 in 2000.

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In print

Peppers in American newspapers,
1896–1905.

Newspaper page from Weekly Union carrying the name Peppers
Weekly Union 1896-09-30
Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Peppers
The Rice Belt Journal 1905-06-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Peppers in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

575 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Peppers. The most, 103, date from the 1840s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 267
New South Wales 151
Tasmania 54
South Australia 31
ACT (Canberra) 28
Queensland 28
Western Australia 14

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

In the public record

People named Peppers,
in the records of 3 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 States248 records

248 records of the Peppers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 133
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cleveland Peppers

    Born 1915 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Shady Grove Cemetery, Double Springs, Alabama.

    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 Harold Douglas Peppers

    Born 1948; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, 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 Samuel Peppers

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Albert Gallatin from Liverpool, aged 25; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 248 records for Peppers 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Netherlands33 records

33 records of the Peppers name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 28
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Alijda Peppers

    Married in 1847 in Delden. Died 1887 in Delden, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Aleida Peppers

    Born 1854 in Ambt Delden. Died 1930 in Haaksbergen, aged 75.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Johannis Peppers

    Buried in 1730 in Veghel.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Peppers in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Peppers name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 14
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 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 John William Peppers

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Stakesby, sailing from Portsmouth in 1833.

    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 Edward Peppers

    Arrived in Victoria in 1849 as an assisted immigrant aboard the British Empire, aged 23.

    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 Margaret Peppers

    Of Prahran, Victoria; died 1877.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Peppers in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). 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).

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