Peffers
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Frequency: (124)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Scottish (East Lothian): probably a topographic name for someone who lived on from either of two burns so named in East Lothian.
2. North German: variant of Pfeffer.
3. German: altered spelling of Peffer.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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