Pickard Surname

23,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,829 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Pickard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pichard' or 'Picard'; compare Richard and Ricard. The commonest form was Pichard, and of this Pitcher is doubtless an imitative corruption. Very common in Yorkshire records.

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Pickard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,1361:29,8663,711
England6,2481:8,9181,287
Canada1,8001:20,4702,827
Australia8071:33,4524,410
South Africa4861:111,47713,412
Germany2951:272,90028,854
New Zealand2151:21,0623,698
Scotland2111:25,3742,767
Wales1851:16,7271,817
Zimbabwe641:241,22226,284
Thailand461:1,535,616206,021
Malta421:10,245640
Singapore341:161,9916,884
France231:2,887,944200,772
Namibia221:109,5189,023
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Norway141:367,30634,015
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
United States Virgin Islands131:8,4901,249
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Macau11:601,6301,582
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4901:6,9841,082
Scotland921:40,6873,079
Wales561:28,0071,576
Isle of Man81:6,784664
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2181:22,6412,835

Pickard (44) may also be a first name.

Pickard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pichard' or 'Picard'; compare Richard and Ricard. The commonest form was Pichard, and of this Pitcher is doubtless an imitative corruption. Very common in Yorkshire records.

Roger fil. Pichard: Pipe Roll, 11 Henry II.

Alan Pichard, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Stephen Picard, Northumberland, ibid.

Nicholas Pichard, Salop, ibid.

Roger Pichard, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Alan Piccard, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Emma Picard, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Ricardus Picard, 1379: ibid.

1524. Anthony Sylver and Margaret Pykkarde: Marriage Lic. (London).

1784. Married — Richard Pickard and Elizabeth Reason: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

V. Picard.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Inhabitant of Picardy (Old Province of France).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(French) One who came from Picardy (pike men), in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Pickard: from Pickardy.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Camden says that Edward IV. commanded a member of the Pickard family to change his name to Ruddle after his birthplace. Strange to relate, both these names are either confined to or are most characteristic of this county, though I can find no place called Ruddle in Wilts. Probably Rudhall, the name of places in Herefordshire and Staffordshire, was the name of the birthplace of this person. The Pickards are said to hail originally from Picardy. Trowbridge is their present home in Wilts.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Pickard Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pickard Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pickard (Arabic: بيكارد) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickard? popularity and diffusion

Pickard is the 23,735th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 319,223 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Pickard live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pickard is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 44 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 12,136 people, or 1 in 29,866. In The United States Pickard is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, North Carolina, where 8 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States it is found in 63 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Pickard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pickard has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 547 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 179 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 330 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 700 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pickard Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Pickard surname is primarily Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pickard surname are 15.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.88% registered with the party.

The amount Pickard earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 283.99% more than the national average, earning 1,328,920 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.22% more than the national average, earning R 247,656 per year; in United States they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $42,740 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.13% more than the national average, earning $50,242 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pickardt93370/
Pickhard93271/
Pickcard932/
Pickards931/
Pieckard931/
Pickaard931/
Picard9279,430/
Pikard92115/
Pickhardt881,248/
Pieckardt884/
Pickardte882/
Pickart861,105/
Piccard86618/
Pickerd86284/
Pikaard8645/
Pikhard8634/
Picardt8627/
Pitkard8621/
Picards862/
Peckard861/
Pickord861/
Pjckard861/
Picaard861/
Picardd861/
Paicard861/
Piecard861/
Picahrd861/
Poicard861/
Piekard861/
Puckard860/
Pieckhardt8249/
Peickhardt822/
Pickartz80850/
Pickarts80146/
Pickaert80146/
Pickhart8032/
Pikhardt8025/
Piccardt8024/
Pickaart8011/
Peckardt806/
Picquard806/
Pickarte804/
Pikkardt802/
Peackard801/
Picahard801/
Pieckart801/
Pueckard800/
Peikhard800/
Picart776,375/
Pikart77290/
Pecard77103/
Picord7734/
Pekard777/
Pécard773/
Pycard772/
Pukard770/
Pikerd770/
Pikardová7526/
Pickhartz7524/
Petchkard758/
Peckhardt757/
Pikardova751/
Peikhardt750/
Pickert712,752/
Piquard711,419/
Piekart71809/
Picarte71266/
Pikaart71262/
Pikhart71187/
Piccart71186/
Peccard71166/
Piscart71148/
Petkard7172/
Peckart7136/
Puckart715/
Pikkart714/
Peckerd713/
Peikart711/
Piecord711/
Pikarrt711/
Pykardt711/
Peykard711/
Pikarte711/
Piskart711/
Pykkard711/
Pikaert710/
Peekard710/
Pescard710/
Pedcard710/
Peacard710/
Paycard710/
Pecaurd710/
Picquart67316/
Peickert67150/
Pikkaart6780/
Pyckaert6750/
Peckhart6749/
Pechkart6739/
Pieckert6724/
Piquardt6718/
Phukkard6712/
Piequard672/
Pekhardt671/
Pickertt671/
Pheckerd671/
Phetkard671/
Petkhard671/
Peckordt670/
Peckaart670/

Pickard Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pickard in the Arabic language
بيكاردbykard-

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