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The first family to use the name Pepin lived in the French region called Gascogne during the Middle Ages. Pepin was derived from the Old French personal name, Pepis, meaning awe inspiring or terrible.

Early Origins of the Pepin family

The surname Pepin was first found in Gascony (French: Gascogne), an area of southwest France bordering Spain, that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.

Early History of the Pepin family

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Pepin Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Pepin some of which are Pépin, Pépain, Péppin, Péppain, Péping, Pépine, Pépins, Le Pépin and many more.

Early Notables of the Pepin family

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Pepin World Ranking

In the United States, the name Pepin is the 5,769^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Pepin is ranked the 400^th most popular surname with an estimated 11,602 people with that name. 2 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Pepin is the 147^th popular surname. 3 France ranks Pepin as 886^th with 5,804 people. 4

Pepin migration to the United States +

Approximately 110 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. France gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. Migration to New France (Quebec) continued from France until it fell in 1759. In the year 1675 the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Pepin has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Pepin were

Pepin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Paul Pépin, who settled in Carolina in 1695-1696
Madeleine Pépin, who settled in Carolina in 1695-1696

Pepin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

André Pépin, aged 25, settled in Louisiana in 1719
Andre Pepin, aged 25, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 5
Joseph Pepin, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 5
Andrew Pépin, who settled in New York in 1775
Claude Hubert Anet Charles Pepin, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1796 5
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Pepin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Raymond Pepin, aged 26, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1852 5

Pepin migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pepin Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Antoine Pepin, son of André and Jeanne, who married Marie Testu, daughter of Jean and Louise, in Quebec on 11th November 1654 6
Robert Pepin, son of Jean and Jeanne, who married Marie Crête, daughter of Jean and Marguerite, in Quebec on 4th November 1670 6
Jacques Pepin, son of Guillaume and Jeanne, who married Marie-Jeanne Caiet, daughter of Claude and Anne, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec on 16th November 1671 6
Pierre Pepin, son of Guillaume and Jeanne, who married Louise Lemire, daughter of Jean and Louise, in Quebec on 20th October 1681 6
Jean Pepin, son of Guillaume and Jeanne, who married Madeleine Loyseau, daughter of Lucas and Françoise, in Boucherville, Quebec on 23rd November 1685 6
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Pepin Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jean Pepin, son of Antoine and Marie, who married Madeleine Fontaine, daughter of Étienne and Marie, in Saint-Jean-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 30th October 1703 6
Jean Pepin, son of Jacques and Marie-Jeanne, who married Jacqueline Billy, daughter of Jean-François and Catherine-Marguerite, in Champlain, Quebec on 27th April 1705 6
Antoine Pepin, son of Igance and Marie, who married Rose Lepage, daughter of Louis and Sébastienne, in Saint-François-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 12th November 1709 6
Jacques Pepin, son of Jacques and Marie-Jeanne, who married Élisabeth Dufresne, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Marie-Renée, in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec on 25th November 1713 6
Antoine Pepin, son of Jean and Renée, who married Madeleine Noel, daughter of François and Nicole, in Saint-Jean-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 22nd June 1722 6
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Contemporary Notables of the name Pepin (post 1700) +

Victor Adolphus Pépin (1780-1845), American circus performer and circus owner, co-founder of the Circus of Pépin and Breschard
Roger Pepin, American Republican politician, Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Griswold, 1946, 1948 7
Napoleon Pepin, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Norwich; Elected 1940; Defeated, 1946; Elected 1948 7
Maxsim H. Pepin Jr. (1908-1965), American Republican politician, Gasoline station manager; Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Griswold, 1934, 1940 7
Emile A. Pepin, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1952 7
Chauncey Pepin, American Republican politician, Member of Massachusetts State House of Representatives Seventeenth Essex District, 1923-24 7
Joseph Pépin, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 8
Jacques Pépin (b. 1935), French Primetime Emmy Award winning chef, television personality, and author
Jean François Théophile Pépin (1826-1904), French mathematician
Henri Pépin (1864-1914), French racing cyclist
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Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, August 12) Joseph Pépin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html