Pickett Surname

10,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51,680 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Pickett Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Picot.' Mr. Lower says, 'A well known corruption of Pigott.' This is to reverse the true order. Pigott is a corruption of Pickett, or, more correctly, Picot or Pichot. It is strange that while the name has ramified so strongly, so little can be gleaned of its history.

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Pickett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States40,9321:8,8551,070
England4,6911:11,8781,744
Australia2,4301:11,1091,641
Canada1,9651:18,7512,646
New Zealand4851:9,3371,621
Wales2751:11,2531,251
Scotland2111:25,3742,767
South Africa771:703,60750,359
Guyana701:10,8891,593
Ireland531:88,8485,029
Isle of Man531:1,619284
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Northern Ireland371:49,8664,222
Mexico361:3,447,95024,458
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Jamaica261:110,3834,369
Denmark251:225,78917,947
Israel241:356,56829,419
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
France211:3,162,987209,042
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Jersey141:7,0861,520
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Panama41:978,06412,245
China41:341,830,39216,990
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
San Marino11:33,214932
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland611:72,6215,284
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2491:10,8381,662
Scotland351:106,9495,179
Wales281:56,0152,800
Isle of Man81:6,784664
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,9011:8,5101,099

Pickett (149) may also be a first name.

Pickett Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Picot.' Mr. Lower says, 'A well known corruption of Pigott.' This is to reverse the true order. Pigott is a corruption of Pickett, or, more correctly, Picot or Pichot. It is strange that while the name has ramified so strongly, so little can be gleaned of its history. Camden's derivation from Old French picote, the small - pox, picote, pock - marked, freckled, is unkind; but he gave no authority for the statement. That Picot was a personal name is clear, for Picot, a chief tenant in Hampshire, and Picot de Grentebrig', both occur in Domesday. It is curious, too, to observe that two families in Cheshire, the Pigots and Pichots, ran side by side for some generations, and Dr. Ormerod long ago surmised that both sprang from one common ancestor—Gilbert Pichot, lord of Broxton (Earwaker's East Cheshire). Radulphus Picot (Pipe Rolls, 6 Henry II, pp. 53, 55). Also Picot and Picotus, as a personal name (ibid. pp. 33, 46).

Picotus de Laceles, temp. 1109: Lincolnshire Survey.

Picot de Tani, Pipe Roll, 7 Henry II.

Picot de Flexbergh, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Elis Pyket, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

Walter Pycot, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Godfrey Piket, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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

The French Pi(c)quet, Picot = Pic, Picq (v. Pick) + the diminutive suff. et, -ot.

Picot occurs in Domesday Book, and Piket in the Hundred Rolls.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of little Pic, or Picot (pike).

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

A known corruption of Pigott.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Herbert, Richard, Gilbert, William Picot, Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert Pikede, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the French, Piquet; from the Flemish, Pickert; a personal name.$

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

The name of Pickett may be a corruption of Pickard, though we must remember that there is an estate of this name in the parish of South Perrott, Dorset.

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

Pickett Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pickett is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickett? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,861st most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 141,013 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Pickett reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 754,880th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 149 people.

Pickett is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 40,932 people, or 1 in 8,855. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 65 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Pickett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pickett has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 694 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 209 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 982 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 603 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 13 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pickett Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Pickett surname is chiefly Anglican (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pickett last name are 14.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.06% registered with the political party.

The amount Pickett earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 225.52% more than the national average, earning 1,126,570 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.03% more than the national average, earning R 370,776 per year; in United States they earn 6.17% less than the national average, earning $40,486 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.62% more than the national average, earning $50,986 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Pickette93261/
Paickett932/
Pitckett931/
Pieckett931/
Poickett930/
Pickettt930/
Pickkett930/
Picket92426/
Pikett92269/
Picett925/
D'Pickett881/
Pickketts880/
Puckett8636,794/
Peckett861,050/
Pickets8636/
Pickitt8628/
Pichett8614/
Peikett865/
Pikette863/
Pickeet862/
Pyckett861/
Pickeit861/
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Pückett861/
Picketh860/
Pikkett860/
Piskett860/
Pickete860/
Piket83868/
Pickettová821/
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Pickquet802/
Puckeett801/
Pucckett801/
Pichet771,550/
Pykett77558/
Pucket77233/
Pişket77230/
Pieket7789/
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Pecket7748/
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Pickit7716/
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Picked778/
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Pikets772/
Paiket771/
Pisket771/
Picitt771/
Pitket771/
Puiket770/
Picquette75163/
Pecckette750/
Pickqueth750/
Picquet712,050/
Peckitt71382/
Piquett71105/
Puckitt7167/
Poichet7132/
Poisket7113/
Phichet7110/
Peichet713/
Puckeet713/
Picheit712/
Pechket712/
Peckete711/
Peakett711/
Phecett711/
Puekett711/
Pechett711/
Peekett710/
Pickead710/
Picheet710/
Peacket710/
Paichet710/
Piquette671,628/
Pikit67622/
Puket6732/
Picheidt6730/
Peket6722/
Pecet678/
Phaikhet674/
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Piked671/
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Peaskett670/

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