Pidcock Surname

250,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Pidcock Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter,' from Peter cock, a corruption (v. Cocks); compare Wilcock, Simcock, &c Lower quotes from Burke's Landed Gentry, 'The surname is derived from the armorial bearing of the family, a pied cock!' Lower adds, 'The cock is not pied, but simply parted per fesse, Or and Argent.

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Pidcock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7481:484,57140,975
England4071:136,89913,394
Australia3041:88,80210,230
Canada681:541,84745,466
Scotland141:382,41616,471
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Wales111:281,32115,850
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1131:215,71116,668
Jersey81:6,4851,119
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2431:206,66117,858

Pidcock Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter,' from Peter cock, a corruption (v. Cocks); compare Wilcock, Simcock, &c Lower quotes from Burke's Landed Gentry, 'The surname is derived from the armorial bearing of the family, a pied cock!' Lower adds, 'The cock is not pied, but simply parted per fesse, Or and Argent.' This is setting the cart before the horse with a vengeance.

Gilbert Pittcok, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1738. Married — Thomas Piddock and Mary Gaudy: St. George, Hanover Square.

1755. John Spencer and Ann Pidcock: ibid.

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

Found in the 13th cent. as Pittcok, is prob. from a descendant of the fairly common Anglo-Saxon pers. name Piot, or Peot(t, with the English pet suff. -cock; but see also under Piddington.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. Doubtless the diminutive of some Christian name-perhaps of Peter, thus :-Peter, Pete, Petecoek, Pidcock. B.L.G. asserts that "the surname is derived from the armorial bearing of the family, a pied cock." As it happena, however, the cock is not pied, but simply parted per fesse, Or and Argent. 2. See Pidd.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Pittcott (?); a location name in Somerset.

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

Pidcock Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pidcock is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pidcock? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 250,395th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,600,723 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Pidcock live; 52 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Pidcock is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 748 people, or 1 in 484,571. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 16 percent live, Missouri, where 6 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States Pidcock exists in 18 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 19 percent live.

Pidcock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pidcock has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 308 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 360 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pidcock Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pidcock last name are 11.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.49% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pidcock earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.25% less than the national average, earning $38,294 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.72% less than the national average, earning $46,345 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pidcocks930/
Pidcocke930/
Peidcock930/
Pitcock862,418/
Pidcoke8617/
Pidcack861/
Pedcock861/
Pidcook860/
Pittcock8031/
Pitcocke800/
Pitcocks800/
Pidcacke800/
Pitcok771/
Piedcoq7141/
Pitcook712/
Pitcoct711/
Petcock710/
Pettcock670/
Pitcox62121/
Pietcak571/
Pietckak531/

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