Pinner Surname

97,128th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,890 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Pinner Surname Definition:

Offic. 'the pinner,' a pinder, an impounder of strayed cattle; v. Pinder. 'Pyndare of beestys, pynnar, inclusor': Promptorium Parvulorum Mr. Way in a note (p. 400) says, 'Amongst manorial or municipal officials the pounder of stray cattle is still in some places, as in Warwickshire, termed the pinner.

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Pinner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4411:148,48815,311
England1,3681:40,7305,241
Australia4241:63,6697,638
Germany1971:408,65737,472
Nicaragua1851:32,5461,179
Canada861:428,43737,472
Austria251:340,61736,996
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Wales201:154,72710,755
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6941:35,1234,596
Wales71:224,0598,079
Guernsey51:6,5311,136
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3751:133,91612,757

Pinner (26) may also be a first name.

Pinner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Offic. 'the pinner,' a pinder, an impounder of strayed cattle; v. Pinder. 'Pyndare of beestys, pynnar, inclusor': Promptorium Parvulorum Mr. Way in a note (p. 400) says, 'Amongst manorial or municipal officials the pounder of stray cattle is still in some places, as in Warwickshire, termed the pinner.' v. Penfold. (a) Occup. 'the pinner,' a pin-maker.

'Pynners, nedelers, and glasyers.': Cocke Lorelle's Bote.

Andrew le Pynner. Calendarium Rotulorum Originalium.

Walter le Pinner. Riley's Memorials of London.

1569-70. Hugh Apparrye and Elizabeth Pynner: Marriage Lic. (London).

1788. Married — William Pinner and Elizabeth Edwards: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 for Pinden = Pounder,q.v.

O yonder stands my steed so free Among the cocks of hay, Sir; And if the pinner chance to see, He’ll take my steed away, Sir.—‘The Baffled Knight,’ 17-20: Percy’s Reliques.

2 Pin Maker or Dealer [Middle English pynner, pinner; from Middle English pinne, Old English pinn, a pin, peg] Pynners, nedelers, and glasyers.—Cocke Lorelles Bote, Percy Soc., vol. vi.

3 belonging to Pinner (M’sex).

Pinner is supposed to derive its name from the little river Pin, in which case -er would represent Old English óra, a bank, shore; but more likely the stream-name has been ‘invented’ from the village- name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(from a place name) From Pinne, a town in Posen.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

1. A parish in Middlesex. 2. A pin-maker; whence Pinners' Hall in London.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Geoffry Pinar, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William Pennard, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Middlesex. Or from the French, Pineau; a personal name.

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

Pinner: a pinmaker.

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

Pinner Last Name Facts

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

Pinner (Russian: Пиннер) occurs most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 97,128th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,490,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Pinner are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 26 people.

The surname Pinner is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,441 people, or 1 in 148,488. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, Florida, where 13 percent are found and Tennessee, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Pinner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pinner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pinner last name grew 651 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 286 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pinner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pinner surname are 7.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.7% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pinner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.87% less than the national average, earning $42,774 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.24% less than the national average, earning $44,098 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pinnier9223/
Pinnert9218/
Pionner9210/
Pinnere929/
Pinneur926/
Pinnetr921/
Pinnear921/
Pinneer921/
Pingner920/
Pinnger920/
Pinne91563/
Pnner910/
Pinnerød8614/
Penner8332,337/
Pinney836,804/
Pienne83240/
Pinnet83144/
Pünner8356/
Pinnes8324/
Pinnie8322/
Pönner8322/
Pinneh8316/
Pionne8311/
Pinnär833/
Pingne832/
Pinneu831/
Pinned831/
Pinnee831/
Pimner830/
Pinnea830/
Pinnir830/
Pinnerová804/
Pner803/
Pnne801/
Pennier7784/
Pingnet7748/
Pennert7737/
Pfänner7733/
Puenner7714/
Pfenner778/
Pennere773/
Pinnett772/
Pingnei771/
Pynnert771/
Pennerd770/
Piennie770/
Pfnnier770/
Pingney770/
Pinna7335,236/
Pinni731,964/
Penne731,925/
Pinny73273/
Pynne7333/
Pinné731/
Pinnh731/
Pinre731/
Pimne731/
Penney6722,413/
Pennie672,193/
Pinnoi67542/
Pennes67276/
Penneh67224/
Pennet67213/
Pinnoy67182/
Pinnis67129/
Pinnai67128/
Pøhner6743/
Pennea6741/
Hppner6732/
Pingni6731/
Høpner6728/
Hpfner6728/
Pinnay6724/
Pinnaa6717/
Pinnio6715/
Pne6714/
Pfnier6713/
Pinnit677/
Pienna675/
Pinnoj675/
Pinniy675/
Pienny674/
Hpinni674/
Pennerová674/
Pennee673/
Pionni672/
Pengne672/
Pennerova672/
Penneu672/
Pnheer671/
Pinniz671/
Pimnet671/
Phnney671/
Puenne671/
Pimned671/
Pimney670/
Pennir670/
Pfenne670/
Pennei670/
Pennez670/

Pinner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pinner in the Russian language
Пиннерpinner-

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