Pinch Surname

197,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Pinch Surname Definition:

Prob. represents the Dano-Norwegian Pinse = Pentecost, q.v.

Pinch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6811:532,24544,270
Canada5331:69,1297,929
England4391:126,92012,677
Australia2501:107,98312,061
Wales1371:22,5882,401
Scotland161:334,61415,044
India141:54,790,384527,769
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4661:52,3086,321
Wales361:43,5672,298
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1911:262,92521,549

Pinch (34) may also be a first name.

Pinch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Prob. represents the Dano-Norwegian Pinse = Pentecost, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This group probably have their origin in some ancient personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the French, Pinchart; from the Flemish, Pinchaert; from the Dutch, Pink, Pinks, Pinkse; from the German, Pinger, Pintsch, Pintzger. Pinchard is in the Roll of Battell Abbey.

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

Pinch: Poor, humble-minded Tom Pinch may have had a Norman ancestry and come from Penchard in Seine-et-Marne, whence certainly came the Pinchards.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Pinch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pinch (Hindi: पिंछा) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pinch click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinch? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pinch is the 197,494th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,437,522 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Pinch reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pinch is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 34 people.

The surname Pinch is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 681 people, or 1 in 532,245. In The United States Pinch is mostly found in: Michigan, where 13 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 12 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent are found and England, where 21 percent are found.

Pinch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pinch has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 357 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 6 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 381 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pinch Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Pinch last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pinch last name are 2.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.57% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pinch earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.28% less than the national average, earning $41,734 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.47% more than the national average, earning $53,395 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pinche911,379/
Pinsch91108/
Peinch912/
Pintch912/
Painch911/
Phinch910/
Pinc89829/
Pnch892/
Puinche83341/
Pintsch8398/
Pintche831/
Poinche831/
Punch803,862/
Pinci801,698/
Pince801,225/
Pynch80123/
Pench8070/
Pincz8052/
Pinkh804/
Pienc804/
Pimch802/
Pintc801/
Pnche801/
Pinsh801/
Pientsch7718/
Pinchova772/
Pnc7511/
Penche73198/
Pensch7369/
Pincze7332/
Pünsch7323/
Punchh734/
Pönsch733/
Pinnce732/
Phinhj731/
Petnch731/
Pinz671,220/
Pins67860/
Penc67736/
Pincová67496/
Pinç67192/
Pentsch6748/
Pnce6734/
Pinx6720/
Pincova6712/
Pnci673/
Pnhz672/
Pinj672/
Pync671/
Ppnc671/
Pntc671/
Hpnc671/

Pinch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pinch in the Hindi language
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