Pipkin Surname

59,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Pipkin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter,' from diminutive Peterkin, corrupted to Pitkin; v. Peterkin.

1545. John Pitkyn and Margaret Forward: Marriage Lic. (London).

Franses Pittkin, 1668: Reg.

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Pipkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3031:49,6326,016
Russia5171:278,76828,942
England2881:193,46517,079
Belarus781:121,80817,768
Latvia531:38,6805,889
Argentina441:971,44161,182
Uzbekistan331:937,24718,607
Israel291:295,09125,768
Wales251:123,7819,267
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
China31:455,773,85521,925
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Comoros11:749,524685
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1861:131,05012,125
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7981:62,9316,868

Pipkin (24) may also be a first name.

Pipkin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter,' from diminutive Peterkin, corrupted to Pitkin; v. Peterkin.

1545. John Pitkyn and Margaret Forward: Marriage Lic. (London).

Franses Pittkin, 1668: Reg. St. James, Clerkenwell.

1760. Married — William Pittkin and Martha Roseblade: St. George, Hanover Square.

1763. John Redhead and Sarah Pitkin: ibid.

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

Pipkin Last Name Facts

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

Pipkin (Russian: Пипкин) is most common in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pipkin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 59,281st most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 855,848 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Pipkin are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 24 people.

The surname Pipkin is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 7,303 people, or 1 in 49,632. In The United States Pipkin is most common in: Texas, where 19 percent reside, North Carolina, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States it is found in 46 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 6 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Pipkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pipkin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 915 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 155 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pipkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Pipkin last name is principally Orthodox (69%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Orthodox (69%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Pipkin last name are 10.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.56% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pipkin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 39.28% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,000 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.66% less than the national average, earning R 131,508 per year and in United States they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $42,342 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pipkina92467/
Phipkin9229/
Pipking925/
Pipkind921/
Pipkien921/
Pipkkin921/
Pippkin920/
Pupkin8315,990/
Pivkin831,662/
Pypkin83150/
Pepkin8384/
Pipken8335/
Pipcin8314/
Pipkim834/
Pibkin831/
Pypkina7781/
Pepkina7716/
Pupckin774/
Pupkkin773/
Pupkinn771/
Pupkienė7116/
Pypkyn6750/
Pevkin6718/
Pupkyn6716/
Pupken671/
Pypcin671/
Pepken670/
Pypkyna6245/
Pepkaen629/
Pyvkyn5078/
Pevkyn502/

Pipkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pipkin in the Russian language
Пипкинpipkin-

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Pipkin Reference & Research

Pitkin One-name Study - A profile of the Pitkin surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Pipkin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Pitkin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pipkin
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