Tracing the Peral Family Name

Genealogists group Peral with Perales. At root, the name means “Pear trees”.

• Spanish statistics put 7,021 people with Peral in first position and 7,174 in second. Between 1891 and 2000, 399 babies born in France were registered as Peral, with the most births in 1961–1970. Births under the name grew in the later decades.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Before spelling was fixed, Perales was also written Peral.
• You may also find the name written Peralez.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Peral, so the heraldry linked to Perales is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Peral report, with a museum-style coat of arms.