Pinnock Surname

44,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Pinnock 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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Pinnock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica4,9341:582101
England2,7081:20,5752,909
United States2,6101:138,87314,475
Canada4751:77,5708,712
Costa Rica2091:22,871770
Australia2031:132,98414,423
South Africa1261:429,98236,940
Panama1001:39,1232,088
France991:670,93786,003
Nigeria521:3,406,592101,701
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
Wales411:75,4766,450
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Belize161:22,2171,827
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Cayman Islands91:7,099820
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Saint Lucia81:22,3481,601
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Montserrat21:2,474299
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Dominica11:75,891912
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8911:27,3573,727
Wales71:224,0598,079
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Pinnock (39) may also be a first name.

Pinnock 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

(English) 1 a nick name from the HEDGE- Sparrow [Middle English and Dialectal English pinnoc(k; pin(n for pen, a feather, wing (Latin penna) + the diminutive suff. -oc(k] Richard Pinnoc.—Hundred Rolls Thus in the pinnock's nest the cuckoo lays.—Wolcot (‘Peter Pindar’), Works i. 416.

2 belonging to Pinnock (Glouc.) [Pinn- is prob. for Penn- (see the note under Pinn); with the diminutive suff. -oc(k] (Celtic) the place-name St. Pinnock in Cornwall shows that Pinnock was also a Cornish pers. name.

Cp. Pinnick.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

A location name in Gloucestershire.

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

Pinnock Last Name Facts

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

Pinnock is found most in Jamaica. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pinnock click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinnock? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 44,014th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 617,275 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Pinnock are found; 42 percent are found in Caribbean and 42 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. Pinnock is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 39 people.

The last name Pinnock is most commonly used in Jamaica, where it is borne by 4,934 people, or 1 in 582. In Jamaica it is primarily found in: Middlesex County, where 52 percent are found, Surrey County, where 33 percent are found and Cornwall County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Jamaica this surname exists in 51 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 22 percent are found.

Pinnock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pinnock has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Pinnock surname expanded 304 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 6,692 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 586 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 480 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pinnock Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Pinnock last name is chiefly Congregationalist (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States Pinnock are 22.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75.82% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pinnock earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.71% more than the national average, earning R 434,184 per year; in United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,376 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.86% more than the national average, earning $52,098 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pinnnock931/
Pinnockk931/
Pinnok9225/
Pinnoc922/
Pennock865,437/
Pinnack862/
Pinnocc861/
Pinnoct861/
Pynnock861/
Pinnak77390/
Pennok774/
Pimnok772/
Pinnog772/
Pennoc770/
Pnok731/
Pennack7162/
Paennok7116/
Pennotk717/
Piennak715/
Pennook711/
Phngnok711/
Pemnock711/
Pinnake711/
Phnok6741/
P'Nok671/
Pennak6220/
Phnouk624/
Pennac623/
Paennak57126/
Pengnak576/
Pennakk575/
Puennak574/
Penneuc571/
Pehenok571/
Pennake571/
Pinneaux5313/
Pnackova531/
Phnak505/
Pnauk501/

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