Pink Surname

23,051st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Pink Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the pink,' i.e. chaffinch; compare Finch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Goldspink, and Spink.

Adam Pink, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Pynke, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1665.

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Pink Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,0761:13,6702,023
United States3,8111:95,10910,671
Myanmar2,4791:20,951416
Germany1,9111:42,1275,543
Saudi Arabia1,6701:18,4772,561
Australia1,3701:19,7052,733
Bangladesh9911:160,8045,900
Canada9091:40,5345,052
Israel8401:10,1881,555
Egypt7931:115,9349,519
Jamaica7031:4,082567
Austria4801:17,7402,720
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
New Zealand2681:16,8972,950
India2611:2,938,94888,721
France1801:369,01554,985
Hong Kong1551:47,326847
Brazil1521:1,408,38447,527
Portugal1231:84,7014,225
Singapore1161:47,4801,839
Romania1001:200,77920,025
Estonia881:15,0202,406
Czechia751:141,78022,190
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Wales731:42,3914,090
Malaysia681:433,73922,323
Thailand651:1,086,744162,071
Poland641:593,88754,038
Indonesia631:2,099,194130,130
Hungary621:158,32714,141
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Mexico471:2,640,98321,548
Scotland431:124,5077,876
China371:36,954,6371,973
Spain361:1,298,66842,856
United Arab Emirates341:269,47919,099
Northern Ireland281:65,8944,901
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Philippines281:3,615,651151,287
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Vietnam261:3,563,3102,321
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Italy241:2,548,19595,018
Iran211:3,656,311102,225
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Isle of Man151:5,7211,243
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Algeria131:2,971,65845,332
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Oman101:368,7975,193
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Albania31:971,35222,477
Barbados31:95,8161,797
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belize11:355,4743,977
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland451:98,4416,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,9301:12,6301,906
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Wales101:156,8426,008
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4491:111,84611,111

The alternate forms: Pínk (1) are calculated separately.

Pink (3,489) may also be a first name.

Pink Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the pink,' i.e. chaffinch; compare Finch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Goldspink, and Spink.

Adam Pink, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Pynke, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1665. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. John Pincke: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

1 a nickname from the Chaffinch [Dialectal English pink: cp. Welsh pinc, a finch; gay, fine] ‘Pink: chaffinch; pinkfooted goose.’— S. Willcox, Local Names of Brit. Birds, P. 31.

2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Pinca, Pinc(k (we find the latter form in Pinckesbrugg, occurring in a Somersetshire charter A.D.936) [Old English pinca, pynca, m., a point]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One with some quality of a chaffinch; dweller at the sign of the chaffinch.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A northern provincialism signifying small.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Corrupted from one of the surnames Pinnock, Pennack, Penneck, Pennick, Pennock, Pinnick, perhaps from the parish of Pinnock co. Cornwall; from pen-ick, the head place.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Pink Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pink (Georgian: ფინკ, Hindi: पिंक, Marathi: पींक, Tibetan: པིང་) has its highest incidence in England. It can be found as a variant: Pínk. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pink? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 23,051st most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 309,739 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 31 percent of Pink reside; 20 percent reside in North America and 20 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pink is also the 120,246th most frequently held given name globally It is held by 3,489 people.

The surname Pink is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 4,076 people, or 1 in 13,670. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Hampshire, where 18 percent reside, Greater London, where 16 percent reside and Surrey, where 6 percent reside. Besides England it exists in 120 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Myanmar, where 11 percent reside.

Pink Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pink has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pink surname increased 211 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 849 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 730 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 430 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pink Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (70%) in Ireland, Orthodox (72%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Pink last name are 1.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.81% registered with the political party.

The amount Pink earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 467.76% more than the national average, earning R 1,349,210 per year; in United States they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning $44,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.51% more than the national average, earning $50,432 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pínk921/
Pinke893,415/
Pionk89714/
Pinck89541/
Pinkh894/
Pfink892/
Pienk891/
Pingk891/
Pnk8612/
Pingke8070/
Pincke8019/
Pinckx803/
Pincks801/
Ping75213,483/
Penk751,979/
Pinc75829/
Pynk7534/
Pinx7520/
Pnke753/
Pinq752/
Pfnk751/
Pnkz751/
Pnkk751/
Pimk751/
Pnkh751/
Ppnk751/
Pinková73435/
Pinkova73232/
Penke6712,415/
Piong67760/
Puing67396/
Pieng67119/
Penck6791/
Paenk6772/
Pänke6731/
Pyonk6729/
Pehnk6725/
Pings6718/
Pimke678/
Pienc674/
Pimkp673/
Penkh673/
Pingh673/
Pingz672/
Pingc671/
Penkt671/
Pennk671/
Ppimk671/
Pingt671/
Penks671/
Pincková671/
Pfing670/

Pink Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pink in the Georgian language
ფინკpink-
Pink in the Tibetan language
པིང་ping-
Pink in the Marathi language
पींकpinka-
Pink in the Hindi language
पिंकpinka75
पिंकीpinki17.5
पिन्कpinka6.25

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