Peret surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Peret surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 255 people carried this name — #71,372 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 609 people named Peret.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Paris 91
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 45
Cantal 40
Somme 30
Haute-Vienne 28
Hérault 25
Corrèze 23
Gironde 22

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

In Poland’s population register

305 people named Peret have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 341 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.

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Where they live today

Subcarpathian 168
Lublin 44
Warmian-Masurian 24
Masovian 21
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 16
Pomeranian 14
Lesser Poland 7
Silesian 7

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 74 people named Peret live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.

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

Where they live today

Namur 35
Luxembourg Province 20
Liège 14
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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