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Peres Surname Meaning

Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Pedro, the Portuguese equivalent of Peter (Old Portuguese Pero). Spanish: variant of Pérez (see Perez), a cognate of the Portuguese name in 1 above. This surname is most common in Mexico.

French (southwestern; Pérès): plural form of Péré ‘pear tree’ (see Pere). Breton (Pérès): from a derivative of the personal name Per, an equivalent of Peter.

English, Welsh, and Irish: variant of Pierce. Jewish: variant of Perez.

3 and 7: Possibly also Hungarian: occupational name from peres ‘procurator, advocate’ (from per ‘trial’).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Peres families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Peres family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Peres families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 6 Peres families living in Lancashire. This was about 16% of all the recorded Peres's in United Kingdom. Lancashire and 1 other county had the highest population of Peres families in 1891.

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Between 1957 and 2004, in the United States, Peres life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1958, and highest in 1988. The average life expectancy for Peres in 1957 was 61, and 75 in 2004.

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