Makepeace
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from a medieval nickname for a skilled conciliator
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: St Kitts & Nevis, 2026
/meɪkpis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Makepeace is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 72K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 494K
- CVCape Verde≈1 in 13K
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.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 193 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈910 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cape Verde, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from a medieval nickname for a skilled conciliator.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Makepeace 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈910 est. | ≈1 in 72K | listed | Makepeace | 133 |
| US United States | — | 674 | 1 in 494K | 674 | Makepeace | 193 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Makepeace | 9 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Makepeace | 71 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | Makepeace | 3 |
| CV Cape Verde | #941 | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Makepeace | 1 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 1 | 1 in 54K | 1 | — | 2 |
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; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. 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).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Makepeace is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, 'make peace'; first attested Gregory Makepais 1219 FrLeic
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, nickname for a person known for his skill at patching up quarrels, from Middle English make(n) ‘to make’ (Old English macian) + pais ‘peace’ (see Pace).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, his skill at patching up quarrels, from ME mak(en) to make (OE macian) + pais peace (see Pace). Var.: Makepiece. 397 Maki Mallarme Maki Finnish: ornamental name from Finn. mdkihiW, per¬ haps sometimes chosen as a topographic name by someone who lived on or near a hill. Vars.: Makela (with collective suffix), Makinen (with gen. sufhx).
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, skill at patching up quarrels, from ME mak(en) to make (OEmacian) + pais peace (see Pace). Var.: Makepiece. Maki Finnish: ornamental name from Finn, maki hill, per¬ haps sometimes chosen as a topographic name by someone who lived on or near a hill. Cogns.: Czech: Makovec, Makovicka (from a place called
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, A surname transferred from the nickname.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jonathan Makepeaceb. 1774USU.S. politician (1774–1850)
- Harry Makepeaceb. 1881GBcricket and football player from England (1881-1952)
- S. Makepeace Lottb. 1920GBBritish science fiction author (1920-1991)
- Brian Makepeaceb. 1931GBEnglish footballer (1931-2024)
- Chris E. Makepeaceb. 1944GBBritish librarian and historian (1944-)
- Anne Makepeaceb. 1947USfilmmaker
- Deborah Makepeaceb. 1957GBBritish television actress (1957-1999)
- Chris Makepeaceb. 1964CACanadian actor (1964-)
- Troy Makepeaceb. 1979Australian rules footballer
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)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 674 | #33,772 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 656 | #36,675 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 634 | #33,876 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026 | 2026 | 1 | #181 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Makepeace mean, and where does it come from?
- from a medieval nickname for a skilled conciliator. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Makepeace?
- A machine transcription gives /meɪkpis/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Makepeace have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 908 people named Makepeace in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled makepeace.
- How common is the name Makepeace?
- In the United States, the national register counted 674 people named Makepeace in 2010, about 1 in 494 thousand residents.
- How common is Makepeace compared with other names?
- In Cape Verde, Makepeace is the 941st most common surname of 2,258 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makepeaceThe 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, “Makepeace” — the 941st most common surname in Cape Verde. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.