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Perigo is the #45937 most common last name.

0.0005% of last names in the US are Perigo.

Around 1250 US last names are Perigo!

 

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0.002% of last names in the US are Pedigo.

Around 5000 US last names are Pedigo!

 

 

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Surname: PERIGO

This unusual and interesting surname is of Old French

origin, and is either from a regional surname from the

province of Perigord in south-west France, or from a

locational surname from Perigueux, the capital town of

Perigord. Both placenames are derived from the GREEK

"peri", meaning around, near, or about, and in this

case meaning settlement, and the FRENCH "gord",

meaning fish weir, from the Gaulish "gorto"; hence

"settlement by the fish weir". The surname MAY HAVE

BEEN introduced into Britain by the Normans after the

Conquest of 1066. The surname development since 1554

(see below) includes: Gilbert Perrygo (1560, Sussex);

Pietro Perego (1577, MILANO, ITALY); Angela Perego

(1606, Milano, ITALY); and Mary Parago (1667, London).

The modern surname is found recorded variously as

Perigo, Perigeaux, Per(r)ygo, Perigoe, Perago and

Perego, in France, Italy and Britain, and is

particularly well recorded in Sussex; Nicholas, son of

Symon Perigo, was christened on September 30th 1582 at

Crowhurst, and Stephen Perigo married Margery Sparrow

on July 26th 1685 at St. Clement's, Hastings. The

marriage was recorded in France of Jeanne Perigo and

Charle Jeangoult on January 11th 1707 at

Meurthe-Et-Moselle, Gugney-Sous-Vaudemont. The first

recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be

that of Wyllm Perago, which was dated December 8th

1554, christened at Horsham, Sussex, during the reign

of Queen Mary, known as "Bloody Mary", 1553 - 1558.

Surnames became necessary when governments introduced

personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll

Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every

country have continued to "develop" often leading to

astonishing variants of the original spelling.

webservant is Jay Swafford

son of 

LUCY MOILEE PERIGO

daughter of 

ARTHUR FRANKLIN PERIGO

son of 

WILLIAM WASHINGTON PERIGO

son of 

NELSON TOBE PERRYGO

son of

ROBERT PERRYGO

son of

JOSHUA W. PEDIGO 

son of

LEVI PEDIGO

son of

EDWARD PEREGOY

son of

HENRY PEREGOY

son of 

JOSEPH PEREGOY

Perigo-Pedigo 

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