Pink Surname
Approximately 23,528 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnamePink Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,076 | 1:13,670 | 2,023 |
| United States | 3,811 | 1:95,109 | 10,671 |
| Myanmar | 2,479 | 1:20,951 | 416 |
| Germany | 1,911 | 1:42,127 | 5,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,670 | 1:18,477 | 2,561 |
| Australia | 1,370 | 1:19,705 | 2,733 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Canada | 909 | 1:40,534 | 5,052 |
| Israel | 840 | 1:10,188 | 1,555 |
| Egypt | 793 | 1:115,934 | 9,519 |
| Jamaica | 703 | 1:4,082 | 567 |
| Austria | 480 | 1:17,740 | 2,720 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| New Zealand | 268 | 1:16,897 | 2,950 |
| India | 261 | 1:2,938,948 | 88,721 |
| France | 180 | 1:369,015 | 54,985 |
| Hong Kong | 155 | 1:47,326 | 847 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| Singapore | 116 | 1:47,480 | 1,839 |
| Romania | 100 | 1:200,779 | 20,025 |
| Estonia | 88 | 1:15,020 | 2,406 |
| Czechia | 75 | 1:141,780 | 22,190 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Wales | 73 | 1:42,391 | 4,090 |
| Malaysia | 68 | 1:433,739 | 22,323 |
| Thailand | 65 | 1:1,086,744 | 162,071 |
| Poland | 64 | 1:593,887 | 54,038 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Hungary | 62 | 1:158,327 | 14,141 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| South Africa | 53 | 1:1,022,221 | 62,590 |
| Mexico | 47 | 1:2,640,983 | 21,548 |
| Scotland | 43 | 1:124,507 | 7,876 |
| China | 37 | 1:36,954,637 | 1,973 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34 | 1:269,479 | 19,099 |
| Northern Ireland | 28 | 1:65,894 | 4,901 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Vietnam | 26 | 1:3,563,310 | 2,321 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Isle of Man | 15 | 1:5,721 | 1,243 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 45 | 1:98,441 | 6,344 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,930 | 1:12,630 | 1,906 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:156,842 | 6,008 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 449 | 1:111,846 | 11,111 |
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.
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]
(English) One with some quality of a chaffinch; dweller at the sign of the chaffinch.
A northern provincialism signifying small.
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.
Pink Demographics
Average Male Pink Height
176.68 cm
Average Female Pink Height
163.93 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pínk | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pinke | 89 | 3,415 | / |
| Pionk | 89 | 714 | / |
| Pinck | 89 | 541 | / |
| Pinkh | 89 | 4 | / |
| Pfink | 89 | 2 | / |
| Pienk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pingk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pnk | 86 | 12 | / |
| Pingke | 80 | 70 | / |
| Pincke | 80 | 19 | / |
| Pinckx | 80 | 3 | / |
| Pincks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ping | 75 | 213,483 | / |
| Penk | 75 | 1,979 | / |
| Pinc | 75 | 829 | / |
| Pynk | 75 | 34 | / |
| Pinx | 75 | 20 | / |
| Pnke | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pinq | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pfnk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnkz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnkk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pimk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pnkh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ppnk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pinková | 73 | 435 | / |
| Pinkova | 73 | 232 | / |
| Penke | 67 | 12,415 | / |
| Piong | 67 | 760 | / |
| Puing | 67 | 396 | / |
| Pieng | 67 | 119 | / |
| Penck | 67 | 91 | / |
| Paenk | 67 | 72 | / |
| Pänke | 67 | 31 | / |
| Pyonk | 67 | 29 | / |
| Pehnk | 67 | 25 | / |
| Pings | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pimke | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pienc | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pimkp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Penkh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pingh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pingz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pingc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penkt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pennk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ppimk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pingt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pincková | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfing | 67 | 0 | / |
Pink Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pink in the Georgian language | ||
| ფინკ | pink | - |
| Pink in the Tibetan language | ||
| པིང་ | ping | - |
| Pink in the Marathi language | ||
| पींक | pinka | - |
| Pink in the Hindi language | ||
| पिंक | pinka | 75 |
| पिंकी | pinki | 17.5 |
| पिन्क | pinka | 6.25 |
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