Pinkney Surname

44,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Pinkney Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Pincheni.' It is probable that the name came into England at the Conquest. Mr. Lower says that Giles de Pincheni (temp. Henry I) endowed the monks of St. Lucien, in France, with lands at Wedon, Norfolk (Patronymica Britannica).

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Pinkney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,9401:45,6505,568
England2,3101:24,1203,339
Canada7181:51,3176,189
Jamaica1821:15,7691,487
Australia1081:249,96023,064
New Zealand1021:44,3957,335
Mexico551:2,256,84019,878
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
Belize461:7,7281,144
Wales451:68,7676,014
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Israel121:713,13647,700
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Sierra Leone91:787,737678
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1341:21,4953,038
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7711:28,3563,472

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

Pinkney (305) may also be a first name.

Pinkney Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Pincheni.' It is probable that the name came into England at the Conquest. Mr. Lower says that Giles de Pincheni (temp. Henry I) endowed the monks of St. Lucien, in France, with lands at Wedon, Norfolk (Patronymica Britannica).

Hamon de Pinkeney, Norfolk, temp. Henry III: History of Norfolk.

Henry de Pinkeni, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roesia de Pinkeny, Norfolk, ibid.

1751. Married — Richard Pinkney and Susanna Leisnot: St. George, Hanover Square.

1756. — Roger Pinckney and Susanna Parsons: ibid.

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

PINKENY: Two brothers, Henry de Pinkeny and Robert de Pinkeny, prominent in Scots affairs on the English side, 1272-1307 (Bain, II), derived their name from Pinkney in Norfolk. A Gilo de Pincheni, who lived in the reign of Henry I (1100-35), endowed the monks of St. Lucien in France with lands at Wedon in the county of Northampton (Lower). Robert de Pinkeny held the tenement of Balincref before 1296 (Bain, II, 857).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Pinkney (Norfolk: 13th cent. Pinkeney; Wilts, etc.) = (prob.) Pinca’s Island or Riparian Land [Anglo-Saxon *Pincan-íg-Pincan-, genit. of Pinca (Old English pinca, m., a point),+íg, island, waterside]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, French) One who came from Pinkney, in Norfolk; one who came from Picquigny, in France.

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

The baronial family descended from Gilo de Pincheni, who lived in the reign of Henry I., and endowed the monks of St. Lucien in France with lands at Wedon, co. Northampton. The family doubtless came hither at the Conquest. The locality of Pincheni I cannot ascertain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Wiltshire.

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

Pinkney: from Piquigny, near Amiens.

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

Pinkney: from Pincquigny, a town in Picardy, not far from Amiens. Ansculph was created Viscount of Surrey, and his son was William Ansculph, one of the great land- owners of Domesday. From two passages in that record we learn that their name was de Pinchingi.

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

Pinkney Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pinkney (Russian: Пинкней) is found most in The United States. It may appear as a variant: Pínkney. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinkney? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 44,540th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 624,897 people. The surname Pinkney is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Pinkney are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Pinkney is also the 504,078th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 305 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 7,940 people, or 1 in 45,650. In The United States Pinkney is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 21 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 39 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Pinkney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pinkney has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 448 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 204 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,250 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 300 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pinkney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Pinkney surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Pinkney are 17.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.24% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pinkney earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 15.05% less than the national average, earning R 201,876 per year; in United States they earn 15.47% less than the national average, earning $36,475 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.06% more than the national average, earning $55,180 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pínkney951/
Pinckney938,379/
Pinknney931/
Pinkny9215/
Pinckneyh881/
Pinkckney880/
Pinkner86182/
Pienkny86129/
Pincney863/
Pinknay862/
Pinckny862/
Pimkney861/
Pinknny861/
Pinkniy861/
Pinckne861/
Pinknet860/
Pinknez860/
Pinknie860/
Pincknet803/
Pinckner800/
Pincknay800/
Penckney800/
Pinkni772/
Penkny770/
Pinkna770/
Penkner71137/
Penknyi7139/
Penknyy7112/
Pienkni711/
Penknaya671/
Penkna627/
Pincinni530/

Pinkney Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pinkney in the Russian language
Пинкнейpinknej-

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