Pickens Surname
Approximately 21,570 people bear this surname
Pickens Surname Definition:
Picken’s (Son): v. Picken.
Pickens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,918 | 1:17,328 | 2,193 |
| Australia | 230 | 1:117,373 | 12,995 |
| Canada | 117 | 1:314,920 | 28,951 |
| New Zealand | 96 | 1:47,170 | 7,685 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Venezuela | 31 | 1:974,325 | 14,902 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 31 | 1:142,899 | 7,868 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,348 | 1:15,000 | 1,921 |
Pickens (120) may also be a first name.
Pickens Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Picken’s (Son): v. Picken.
(English, Scottish) Descendant of little Pic, or Picon (pike).
Pickens Demographics
Average Male Pickens Height
178.46 cm
Average Female Pickens Height
161.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pickens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pickens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pickens occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pickens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 25,016th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 337,856 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Pickens live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pickens is also the 852,104th most prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 120 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 20,918 people, or 1 in 17,328. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 5 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Pickens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pickens has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 625 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 32 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 110 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pickens Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (61%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Pickens last name are 9.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.26% registered with the party.
The amount Pickens earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.43% less than the national average, earning $39,082 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.49% less than the national average, earning $37,017 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickenns | 93 | 2 | / |
| Pieckens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pickeens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Poickens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pikens | 92 | 11 | / |
| Pickns | 92 | 4 | / |
| Picens | 92 | 4 | / |
| Peckens | 86 | 286 | / |
| Pickins | 86 | 104 | / |
| Pichens | 86 | 12 | / |
| Pickems | 86 | 8 | / |
| Paikens | 86 | 7 | / |
| Pikcens | 86 | 2 | / |
| Piekens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Puckens | 86 | 0 | / |
| Puiskens | 80 | 2 | / |
| Phickins | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pikins | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pekens | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pecens | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pukens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peckensch | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peskens | 71 | 324 | / |
| Peckins | 71 | 159 | / |
| Peukens | 71 | 24 | / |
| Paikins | 71 | 18 | / |
| Petkens | 71 | 15 | / |
| Puckins | 71 | 3 | / |
| Piskins | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pechens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peykens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pikkins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peikins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peyskens | 67 | 244 | / |
| Piknz | 67 | 240 | / |
| Puyskens | 67 | 15 | / |
| Puiskins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettkens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pittkins | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pisskins | 67 | 0 | / |
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Pickens Reference & Research
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pickens
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