Pickavance Surname

439,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 779 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Pickavance Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Prick-advance,' spur forward. We must not be tempted to refer these various forms to the pikedevant or piked beard. 'A young, pittivanted, trim-bearded fellow': Anatomy of Melancholy, Tegg's edit.

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Pickavance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5481:101,67510,703
United States811:4,474,802235,715
Wales351:88,4157,250
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Scotland201:267,69112,985
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2251:108,33510,701

Pickavance Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Prick-advance,' spur forward. We must not be tempted to refer these various forms to the pikedevant or piked beard. 'A young, pittivanted, trim-bearded fellow': Anatomy of Melancholy, Tegg's edit.. Found in the portraits of courtiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, it was not an early enough fashion to be immortalized by a patronymic. 'Tis true the following entry occurs:

1600. Married — John Gibbs and Joan Pickedevant: St. James, Clerkenwell.

But the date itself would suffice to show that it was an imitation of the term for the then prevailing fashion. No doubt her real name was Pickavant. Prikeavant was, no doubt, the nickname of a harbinger, pursuivant, or herald, from prick; Middle English prike, to put spur to horse (compare 'kick against the pricks,' Auth. Vers.), and avance, forward, to the front. A herald was one who 'rode to the front.' The instances amply confirm this view:

William Prikeavant, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1678. Buried — Simon Prickadvance: Reg. Peasmarsh, Sussex.

A similar surname is Sturtevant, which see.

Edward Pickavance, of Much Woolton, husbandman, 1662: Wills at Chester.

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

(Anglo-French) 1 Spur Forward! (a nickname) [from French piquer, to prick, spur; avant, forward] Cp. William Prikeavant.—Hundred Rolls (occasionally, later) 2 With a Peaked Beard, such as was fashionable in the Shakespearean period [Late Anglo-French pickedeva(u)nt, French pique-devant, lit. ‘peak in front’] Pickavance is prob. really for the genit. form (Pickavants) of Pickavant.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Pointed Beard” in Old English (Picket Avaunt).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Pickavance Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pickavance occurs most in England. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickavance? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 439,664th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,355,001 people. The surname Pickavance is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Pickavance are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 548 people, or 1 in 101,675. In England it is most frequent in: Merseyside, where 42 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 10 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Aside from England this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent live and Wales, where 4 percent live.

Pickavance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pickavance has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pickavance surname expanded 244 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pickavance Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pickavance last name are 6.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.94% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pickavance earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.58% less than the national average, earning R 46,140 per year; in United States they earn 46.93% more than the national average, earning $63,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.18% less than the national average, earning $49,596 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pickvance95126/
Paickavance951/
Picavance950/
Pickavanze901/
Bikavniece705/

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