Explore the Family Name Pebley

The meaning of Pebley

English: probably from a place called Pebley in Derbyshire.

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How common is the last name Pebley in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Pebley saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Pebley ranked 33,605 in prevalence among surnames across the United States; however, by 2010, it had dropped to a rank of 35,622. This represents a 6% decrease in ranking over the decade. The actual count of individuals with this surname also experienced a small reduction, going from 640 people in 2000 to 631 in 2010, a drop of roughly 1.41%. When measuring the proportion of individuals with the surname Pebley per 100,000 citizens, there's a decline of 12.5% over the ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,605	#35,622	-6%
Count	640	631	-1.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.21	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pebley

When it comes to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data from 2000 and 2010 reveals an interesting shift for the surname Pebley. A vast majority of individuals with this name identified as White in both years, with a slight decrease from 93.91% in 2000 to 93.50% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Two or more races or American Indian and Alaskan Native saw decreases of 36.80% and 39.10% respectively. Meanwhile, individuals identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase, going from 1.09% in 2000 to 3.33% in 2010, marking a 205.5% rise. The shares of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black remained constant at 0% for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.91%	93.5%	-0.44%
Hispanic	1.09%	3.33%	205.5%
Two or More Races	2.5%	1.58%	-36.8%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.56%	0.95%	-39.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%