Last name: PEAT
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PEAT : This last name is indexed 40,050 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PEAT : 1: English and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Peet a pet form of Peter.2: English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English pete ‘peat’ perhaps for someone who cut or sold peat.3: Altered form of French Pitre.
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