Pickles Surname

52,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,796 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pickles Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pickhill,' a parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire I suspect this is the origin, and that there was an irresistible tendency to imitate the dictionary word on the part of the bearers of the surname.

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Pickles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,2151:8,9651,299
United States1,2841:282,28926,289
Australia9681:27,8883,794
Canada5921:62,2397,276
Scotland1941:27,5972,936
New Zealand1761:25,7294,511
South Africa1031:525,99742,056
Wales761:40,7183,964
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
France61:11,070,454349,096
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
India51:153,413,076951,030
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
China21:683,660,78330,601
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malta11:430,2723,380
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,0591:4,023580
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Wales61:261,4039,165
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:171,39515,445

Pickles (56) may also be a first name.

Pickles Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pickhill,' a parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire I suspect this is the origin, and that there was an irresistible tendency to imitate the dictionary word on the part of the bearers of the surname. Several early entries, however, point to some small locality in the West Riding.

Ricardus de Pighkeleys, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Stephanus de Pykedleghes, 1379: ibid.

These persons dwelt in the village of Haworth, in which district the two names are now so familiar. In this case the word means 'the meadows on the hilltop,' the owner taking his name from residence thereon; v. Pick (a). The Directory for Wilsden, West Riding of Yorks, contains the two following names, seemingly related:

Nathan Pickles, beer-retailer.

Nathan Pighills, farmer.

It is curious to note how little the name has wandered from its native county. Nevertheless, it has reached America.

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

Genit., and pl., of Pickle, q.v.

In Yorkshire, the surnames Pickles and Pighills seem to have been interchangeable.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Little Pike” (Weapon).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Herbert Pigole, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert Pikel, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Pickles Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pickles is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickles? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 52,271st most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 743,931 people. Pickles is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Pickles reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,321,957th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 56 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 6,215 people, or 1 in 8,965. In England Pickles is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 34 percent are found, Lancashire, where 12 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 7 percent are found. Other than England Pickles is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Pickles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pickles has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Pickles last name grew 103 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 438 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,940 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 108 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pickles Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (92%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pickles surname are 1.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pickles earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 263.16% more than the national average, earning 1,256,810 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.99% less than the national average, earning R 225,780 per year; in United States they earn 4.53% more than the national average, earning $45,104 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.35% more than the national average, earning $50,354 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pickless9325/
Picles927/
Pikles922/
Pickls921/
Pickels86380/
Piccles8622/
Paikles868/
Piekles861/
Piklesh861/
Peicles861/
Pickells8021/
Picilles800/
Pykles7720/
Pecles7710/
Pucles771/
Pukles770/
Peckels71230/
Pijkels7146/
Poiklis7123/
Paiklis7117/
Pekyles714/
Pucklis713/
Puclles712/
Pidkels712/
Puikels711/
Peecles711/
Peakles710/
Peikels710/
Pukls671/

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