Pickings Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Pickings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pickings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Pickings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pickings is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickings? popularity and diffusion

Pickings is the 2,718,172nd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Pickings live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Pickings is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 8,054,643. In The United States Pickings is primarily found in: Arkansas, where 20 percent live, Louisiana, where 18 percent live and Oklahoma, where 16 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.

Pickings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pickings has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pickings last name contracted 48 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pickings Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Pickings surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pickings surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Pickings earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.96% less than the national average, earning $21,591 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Picking931,171/
Peckings889/
Poicking880/
Piking86132/
Picing8626/
Paiking8055/
Pecking8025/
Piching803/
Poiking801/
Pieking801/
Pickeng801/
Pekings801/
Puiking801/
Phiking801/
Phioking756/
Pechking754/
Pickenng753/
Puiching752/
Peiching750/
Peking71145/
Pecing7115/
Piceng713/
Pikeng711/
Pycing710/
Peckeng6716/
Peching6712/
Peiqing677/
Petking675/
Picoeng674/
Piquing673/
Peiceng671/
Pojking671/
Peikeng671/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Pickings
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