Pinking Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pinking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pinking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China21:683,660,78330,601
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Pinking Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pinking occurs in China more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinking? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Pinking occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Pinking reside; 50 percent reside in East Asia and 50 percent reside in Sino-East Asia.

Pinking is most frequently used in China, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 683,660,783. Outside of China it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Pinking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pinking has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pinking surname declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pingking9320/
Pienking931/
Pinkings931/
Pincking930/
Pinqing861/
Penking860/
Pinkeng860/
Pinching8082/
Pingqing801/
Pengking801/
Pinkaeng801/
Puengking751/
Pingching751/
Pengqing6714/
Penching677/
Pincheng672/
Pingcheng635/
Penceng5771/
Penncheng501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pinking
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