Pinchin Surname

364,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 991 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Pinchin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Puncun,' or 'Pincun,' a Norman personal name, not a corruption of Punchardon, as suggested by Lower. Representatives are found in every 13th century register.

'Ranulf, Bishop of Durham, two carucates which Pinceon Dapifer holds,' 1109: Lincolnshire Survey.

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Pinchin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4531:122,99812,370
Canada2101:175,45517,539
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Australia671:402,92132,505
Russia511:2,825,942156,501
Ecuador301:530,19511,121
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Wales41:773,63329,106
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3931:62,0247,207
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Pinchin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Puncun,' or 'Pincun,' a Norman personal name, not a corruption of Punchardon, as suggested by Lower. Representatives are found in every 13th century register.

'Ranulf, Bishop of Durham, two carucates which Pinceon Dapifer holds,' 1109: Lincolnshire Survey.

Oliva Pingun, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Pinchun, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

John fil. Punzun, 1180: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.

Hugo fil. Pincun: Pipe Roll, 5 Henry II.

William Puncyn, 1313. Writs of Parliament.

Robertus Pynchon, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Pynchon, 1379: ibid.

William Pownshon, 1539: History Newcastle and Gateshead.

Henry Poynsthon, 1539: ibid.

John Punsion, 1548: Register of the University of Oxford.

John Punchon, 1663: Hodgson's Northumberland.

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

1 = Pinch (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -in.

2 for Pinchon, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

William Pincon, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph P. or Pinzon, Roger, Stephen, Simon 1198 (Ib.); Reginald Pinzun, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Pinchin was a Marlborough name in the 17th century, when Lawrence Pinchin was amongst those who signed a petition to the Committee of Parliament sitting in that town in 1646 (W.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Pinchin Last Name Facts

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

Pinchin (Russian: Пинчин) has its highest incidence in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pinchin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinchin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 364,266th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,353,729 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Pinchin live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 453 people, or 1 in 122,998. In England Pinchin is mostly found in: Gloucestershire, where 8 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 8 percent live and Cheshire, where 8 percent live. Barring England this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Pinchin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pinchin has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 115 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 316 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pinchin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Methodist (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Pinchin surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

The amount Pinchin earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 43.04% more than the national average, earning 495,016 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.98% more than the national average, earning R 358,788 per year; in United States they earn 16.63% more than the national average, earning $50,325 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.4% more than the national average, earning $56,340 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pinchin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pinchin in the Russian language
Пинчинpincin-

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