Pegram
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈpɛˌɡɹæm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pegram is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Pilgrim.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 60K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 79K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 7.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 290 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishpilegrim(inferred from the name graph)via Pilgrim
- Old Frenchpelegrin(inferred from the name graph)via Pilgrim
- Latinperegrīnus“foreigner”(inferred from the name graph)via Pilgrim
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
Variant of Pilgrim.
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pegram counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Pegram | 2 |
| US United States | — | 4,185 | 1 in 79K | 4.2K | Pegram | 290 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 60K | 959 | Pegram | 100 |
| NZ New Zealand | #800 | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Pegram | 16 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 146K | — | Pegram | 23 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Pegram | 52 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Pegramb. 1773USAmerican politician (1773-1831)
- John Pegramb. 1832USConfederate Army general (1832-1865)
- Fred Pegramb. 1870English painter and illustrator (1870–1937)
- George B. Pegramb. 1876USAmerican physicist (1876–1958)
- Frank Pegramb. 1890Royal Navy officer (1890-1944)
- Amelia Blossom Pegramb. 1935ZASouth African writer
- Nigel Pegramb. 1940ZWactor
- Erric Pegramb. 1969USAmerican football player
- Jerry Pegramb. 1983UScollege basketball player (2003–2003) Army
- George H. PegramUSAmerican military officer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.2K | #7,907 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4K | #7,706 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.8K | #8,438 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 959 | #6,848 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pegram mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Pilgrim. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Pegram?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpɛˌɡɹæm/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Pegram have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Pegram in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pegram.
- How common is the name Pegram?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,185 people named Pegram in 2010, about 1 in 79 thousand residents.
- How common is Pegram compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Pegram is the 800th most common surname of 87,225 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pegramThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pegram” — the 800th most common surname in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.