Pickel Surname
Approximately 7,547 people bear this surname
Pickel Surname Definition:
(English) One who came from Pickhill (Pica’s nook, or nook by the hills), in Yorkshire.
Pickel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,543 | 1:22,722 | 3,008 |
| United States | 3,302 | 1:109,770 | 11,978 |
| Israel | 169 | 1:50,637 | 6,653 |
| France | 150 | 1:442,818 | 63,836 |
| Canada | 117 | 1:314,920 | 28,951 |
| Switzerland | 56 | 1:146,659 | 14,074 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 1:18,142 | 3,979 |
| Austria | 30 | 1:283,848 | 32,444 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Paraguay | 18 | 1:402,041 | 5,757 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 802 | 1:62,617 | 6,845 |
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.
Herbert Pigole, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert Pikel, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
From the German, Pickel; a personal name Or from Pickhill; a location name in Yorkshire.
Pickel Demographics
Average Male Pickel Height
175.49 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
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Pickel Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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