Tracing the Peker Family Name

Ancestors listed as Peker are often found as Packer a generation earlier. At root, the name means “Wool packer”.

The same family of names includes Paker, Pakker and Pacer. Peker is listed among the recognised spellings of Packer.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Peker, so the heraldry linked to Packer is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Peker surname pack.