Pickel Surname

66,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,547 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Pickel Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Pickhill (Pica’s nook, or nook by the hills), in Yorkshire.

Pickel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,5431:22,7223,008
United States3,3021:109,77011,978
Israel1691:50,6376,653
France1501:442,81863,836
Canada1171:314,92028,951
Switzerland561:146,65914,074
Brazil441:4,865,326126,089
Luxembourg321:18,1423,979
Austria301:283,84832,444
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Denmark211:268,79620,394
Paraguay181:402,0415,757
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
England41:13,929,515290,718
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
San Marino11:33,214932
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belize11:355,4743,977
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8021:62,6176,845

The alternate forms: Pickél (1) are calculated separately.

Pickel (10) may also be a first name.

Pickel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Pickhill (Pica’s nook, or nook by the hills), in Yorkshire.

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

Herbert Pigole, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert Pikel, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the German, Pickel; a personal name Or from Pickhill; a location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pickel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pickel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Pickél. For other possible spellings of Pickel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pickel is the 66,105th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 965,622 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Pickel are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Pickel is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name on earth, held by 10 people.

Pickel is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 3,543 people, or 1 in 22,722. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 64 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 44 percent live and Israel, where 2 percent live.

Pickel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pickel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pickel last name grew 412 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pickel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pickel last name are 22.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.5% registered with the political party.

The amount Pickel earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.76% less than the national average, earning $42,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $51,047 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pickél941/
Pickell922,509/
Pickelt922/
Peickel920/
Pickesl920/
Pickl912,426/
Pikel91596/
Picel9166/
Pieckiel8621/
Pickkell861/
Phickell860/
Pichel832,595/
Peckel83219/
Pikiel83164/
Pikkel8377/
Piekel8369/
Piskel8366/
Puckel8327/
Pikell8325/
Peikel8312/
Paikel836/
Piokel831/
Pikael831/
Picell831/
Pückel831/
Pickil830/
Pickll830/
Pikl80783/
Picl8039/
Peichel77314/
Picquel7736/
Pikiell7720/
Peckiel7719/
Piekiel7719/
Pitskel7713/
Peikhel779/
Paikhel778/
Paichel775/
Pichell774/
Picchel771/
Picaell771/
Pitkell771/
Peckesl771/
Peickil770/
Puckell770/
Pekel735,266/
Pukel73328/
Pecel73246/
Peckl73146/
Picil73140/
Pykel7340/
Puckl7340/
Pycel7338/
Paikl7325/
Päckl7322/
Päkel7316/
Pitcl7314/
Pikil7310/
Peikl734/
Pikhl731/
Piokl731/
Piekl731/
Pyckl731/
Picklová716/
Picheell711/
Picklett711/
Paicil67245/
Peekel67205/
Pechel67165/
Paykel67115/
Pähkel6785/
Piquel6773/
Piclet6755/
Püchel6749/
Pukkel6744/
Pykiel6738/
Pychel6735/
Pukiel6731/
Pekkel6731/
Petkel6716/
Pejcel6713/
Phukel6712/
Pichil679/
Pykhel678/
Pikkelová678/
Phicil677/
Pekiel676/
Pykkel675/
Peckelová674/
Pejkel674/
Pikyll674/
Pecell673/
Peskel672/
Peiscl671/
Pikkil671/
Peukel671/
Pikkelova671/
Pechkl671/
Peakel670/

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Footnotes

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