Pickney Surname

284,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Pickney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pickney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3201:274,59025,707
Israel211:407,50632,346
Faroe Islands41:12,250984
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

Pickney (16) may also be a first name.

Pickney Last Name Facts

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

Pickney has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pickney? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 284,447th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,386,213 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Pickney live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pickney is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 16 people.

The surname Pickney is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,320 people, or 1 in 274,590. In The United States it is primarily found in: Louisiana, where 21 percent live, Tennessee, where 7 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States Pickney is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 2 percent live and The Faroe Islands, where 0 percent live.

Pickney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pickney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pickney surname expanded 1,692 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pickney Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pickney last name are 19.98% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 73.21% being registered with the political party.

Pickney earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.28% less than the national average, earning $36,557 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pisckney930/
Puickney930/
Phickney930/
Pickny9227/
Pikney929/
Picney922/
D'Pickney881/
Piekney8625/
Peckney8610/
Puckney860/
Pickhny860/
Pikne832/
Pikny831/
Picknett8095/
Pickenne801/
Poickner800/
Pickenny800/
Piekny77259/
Peckne7719/
Picnea7716/
Pekney779/
Pucney771/
Pukney771/
Pickni771/
Picner771/
Piknoy771/
Peckner7121/
Peikene7114/
Pecknyo7112/
Pecknay718/
Pecknoe716/
Pieknei714/
Pficner714/
Picinne711/
Piscner711/
Pitcner711/
Päckner711/
Peiknei711/
Phikner710/
Pikna67540/
Pekny67433/
Pekne6717/
Pucne6710/
Pukne673/
Pikengne671/
Pecny671/
Pecknett671/
Pecknets670/

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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
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  • 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 Pickney
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