Pinsker Surname

315,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Pinsker Surname Definition:

(Russian, Ukranian, Polish) One who came from Pinsk (foam), in Byelorussia.

Pinsker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6591:550,01445,482
Israel1871:45,7636,128
Austria751:113,53916,032
Germany751:1,073,40672,288
Russia481:3,002,564162,760
England391:1,428,66862,556
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Pinsker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Russian, Ukranian, Polish) One who came from Pinsk (foam), in Byelorussia.

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

(from a place name) Pinsk is a city in the area of Minsk. The Jewish community goes back as early as 1506. Originally it was part of Lithuania, later becoming part of Poland, and later still becoming part of Russia.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Pinsker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pinsker (Russian: Пинскер) occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinsker? popularity and diffusion

Pinsker is the 315,551st most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,129,139 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Pinsker are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 659 people, or 1 in 550,014. In The United States Pinsker is mostly concentrated in: California, where 21 percent reside, New York, where 21 percent reside and Florida, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 16 percent reside and Austria, where 6 percent reside.

Pinsker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pinsker has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 9,414 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pinsker Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States Pinsker are 6.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.14% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pinsker earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 27.93% more than the national average, earning $55,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $51,558 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pinsker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pinsker in the Russian language
Пинскерpinsker-

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