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

Pickings is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickings? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pickings is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Pickings reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 8,054,643. In The United States it is most common in: Arkansas, where 20 percent are found, Louisiana, where 18 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 16 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.

Pickings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pickings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pickings surname declined 48 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pickings Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Pickings surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pickings surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the 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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