Find out how popular the last name Pegue is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pegue.

Pegue, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pegue surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pegue in America

Pegue is the 146201st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pegue surname appeared 113 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pegue.

The history of the last name Pegue

The surname Pegue is believed to have originated in Spain, with its roots traced back to the region of Galicia in the northwestern part of the country. The earliest known written records of the name date back to the 12th century.

Pegue is thought to be derived from the Galician word "pega," which means "pitch" or "tar." This suggests that the name may have originally been an occupational surname associated with those who worked with tar or pitch, such as shipbuilders, roofers, or those involved in the production of tar-based products.

In the 14th century, a document from the city of Pontevedra in Galicia mentions a person named Rodrigo Pegue, who is believed to be one of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname. Another early reference can be found in the records of the Monastery of San Martín Pinario in Santiago de Compostela, where a certain Pedro Pegue is mentioned as a landowner in the late 15th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Pegue began to spread beyond Galicia to other parts of Spain, as well as to the Spanish colonies in the Americas. Notable individuals with this surname from this period include Juan Pegue, a Spanish explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, and Catalina Pegue, a landowner in the Spanish colony of Cuba in the late 1600s.

In the 18th century, the name Pegue can be found in various historical records from Spain and its colonies, such as the baptismal records of the Cathedral of Seville, where a child named María Pegue was baptized in 1725. Another notable figure from this time is Tomás Pegue, a Spanish military officer who served in the Spanish American War of Independence in the early 1800s.

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the Pegue surname also spread to other parts of the world, including the Philippines, where a prominent family with this name can be traced back to the late 1700s. In the 19th century, there are records of individuals with the surname Pegue in various parts of Latin America, such as Argentina and Mexico.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pegue

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pegue.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pegue was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pegue was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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