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Frequency: (129)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Dutch: from a pet form of the personal name Perceval (see Percival), or from a French pet form (in -ecin) of the personal name Pierre, French form of Peter.
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