Pinnick Surname

204,158th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,036 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Pinnick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pinnock,' two parishes in Cornwall and Gloucestershire.

William Pinnoc, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Pinnock, Wiltshire, ibid.

Roger Pynnock, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Pinnick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3581:266,90625,115
England3541:157,39614,847
Nigeria2711:653,66330,600
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2031:120,07611,454
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:346,33626,593

Pinnick (28) may also be a first name.

Pinnick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pinnock,' two parishes in Cornwall and Gloucestershire.

William Pinnoc, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter Pinnock, Wiltshire, ibid.

Roger Pynnock, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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

1 dweller at a Pine-Grove [Bret, pineg--eg (= Corn, -ek), plenary suff.] 2 for Pinnock, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of Pinnock.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Parishes in cos. Cornwall and Gloucester. There was a Cornish saint of this designation, who gave name to the parish of St. Pinnock. In the South of England, the little timber frameworks at the ends of an arch or drain are called ' pinnocks.' Pinnoe, Pinoc, Pinch, &c. H.R. See English Surn. i. 80.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the parish of the same name. Pryce gives "Pennick, Penneck, Penek, ack, ock, ok, the head creek, brook, rivulet, or place; Penok, head oak, nom. fam." A more reasonable derivation would be from pen-ick, the head place. Penneck, Pennick, Pennock, Pinnick, Pennerkes, may be the same name, or of the same origin.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Pinnick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pinnick is most common in The United States. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinnick? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 204,158th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,579,345 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Pinnick live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,358 people, or 1 in 266,906. In The United States it is most numerous in: Indiana, where 21 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Pinnick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pinnick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pinnick last name rose 937 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 174 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pinnick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pinnick last name are 19.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.53% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pinnick earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 24.63% more than the national average, earning R 296,160 per year and in United States they earn 5.14% less than the national average, earning $40,933 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pinnicks9328/
Pinnik924/
Pinnic921/
Pennick861,278/
Pinnike863/
Pinneck862/
Pinnyck861/
Pinniks861/
Pnick8333/
Pinnecke80181/
Pennicke8016/
Pennicks8012/
Pennickx801/
Pinnix771,732/
Pinnig7732/
Pennic7718/
Pinnek777/
Pynnik773/
Pinnec772/
Pennik771/
Pinnikova754/
Pnic731/
Pnik731/
Pinneke71126/
Penneck7132/
Pengnik7114/
Piennek711/
Pinnekk711/
Pennike710/
Pfinnig710/
Pniok67529/
Pennecke6752/
Pniks672/
Pnidc671/

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