Pike Surname
Approximately 69,646 people bear this surname
Pike Surname Definition:
(English) 1 dweller at a Pointed Hill; also a Pointed Piece of Land, a Gore [Middle English pike; Old English píc, a point, pike] 2 a nickname from the weapon, also the fish, so called [same etymology] 3 dweller at a Turnpike [same etymology] See Peak(e and Pick.
Read More About This SurnamePike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34,844 | 1:10,402 | 1,268 |
| England | 13,726 | 1:4,059 | 543 |
| Australia | 6,700 | 1:4,029 | 577 |
| Canada | 6,228 | 1:5,916 | 856 |
| South Africa | 2,630 | 1:20,600 | 2,605 |
| Wales | 1,023 | 1:3,025 | 326 |
| New Zealand | 871 | 1:5,199 | 835 |
| India | 847 | 1:905,626 | 39,247 |
| Scotland | 351 | 1:15,253 | 1,912 |
| Jamaica | 288 | 1:9,965 | 1,070 |
| Zimbabwe | 243 | 1:63,532 | 9,554 |
| Philippines | 178 | 1:568,754 | 63,329 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Ireland | 118 | 1:39,906 | 3,146 |
| Papua New Guinea | 118 | 1:69,099 | 9,015 |
| Thailand | 110 | 1:642,167 | 108,371 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| France | 91 | 1:729,920 | 91,032 |
| Northern Ireland | 82 | 1:22,500 | 2,605 |
| Spain | 66 | 1:708,364 | 30,810 |
| Latvia | 64 | 1:32,032 | 4,894 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| Greenland | 49 | 1:1,151 | 161 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| Honduras | 37 | 1:238,282 | 2,434 |
| Myanmar | 36 | 1:1,442,722 | 585 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Jersey | 29 | 1:3,421 | 664 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 1:104,921 | 6,882 |
| Guyana | 12 | 1:63,518 | 5,280 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 | 1:5,520 | 561 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Belize | 9 | 1:39,497 | 2,328 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8 | 1:800 | 189 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Cayman Islands | 6 | 1:10,649 | 1,253 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 153 | 1:28,953 | 2,968 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7,849 | 1:3,106 | 439 |
| Wales | 218 | 1:7,195 | 462 |
| Scotland | 54 | 1:69,319 | 4,089 |
| Jersey | 32 | 1:1,621 | 261 |
| Guernsey | 18 | 1:1,814 | 317 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,342 | 1:6,020 | 752 |
The alternate forms: Piķe (2) & Pikè (1) are calculated separately.
Pike (3,095) may also be a first name.
Pike Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) 1 dweller at a Pointed Hill; also a Pointed Piece of Land, a Gore [Middle English pike; Old English píc, a point, pike] 2 a nickname from the weapon, also the fish, so called [same etymology] 3 dweller at a Turnpike [same etymology] See Peak(e and Pick.
(1) “Tall, thin person” in Old English. (2) Also a Weapon and Place name (Hill).
(English) Dweller at, or on, a pointed hill; one who fought with a pike; dweller at the sign of the pike.
1, Less likely from the fish than from the weapon, the bearer of which may have been so named. See Lance. 2. A pointed hill, as Langdale Pike.
Radulphus and Ibert Pikes. Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph P. 1198 (Ib.); Richard, Walter Pik, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Pike Demographics
Average Pike Salary in
United States
$43,482 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pike (Arabic: بايك, Bengali: পিকে, Georgian: ფიკე, Hindi: पीके, Oriya: ପିେକ, Russian: Пике) occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as: Piķe or Pikè. Click here for other potential spellings of Pike.
How Common Is The Last Name Pike? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,169th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 104,637 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Pike live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 129,607th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 3,095 people.
The last name Pike is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 34,844 people, or 1 in 10,402. In The United States Pike is most common in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 105 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.
Pike Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pike has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pike surname rose 418 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 469 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 23 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pike Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Pike last name is primarily Anglican (62%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Pike surname are 17.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.31% registered with the party.
The amount Pike earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 102.56% more than the national average, earning 701,026 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 29.37% more than the national average, earning R 307,428 per year; in United States they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $43,482 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning $50,807 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pike Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pike in the Georgian language | ||
| ფიკე | pike | - |
| Pike in the Bengali language | ||
| পিকে | pike | - |
| Pike in the Oriya language | ||
| ପିେକ | pieka | - |
| Pike in the Hindi language | ||
| पीके | pike | 62.32 |
| पी़के़ | pike | 15.94 |
| पिके | pike | 10.14 |
| पी॰के॰ | pike | 4.35 |
| पिकीं | pikim | 1.45 |
| पी॰के | pike | 1.45 |
| Pike in the Russian language | ||
| Пике | pike | - |
| Pike in the Arabic language | ||
| بايك | bayk | - |
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