Pitkin Surname

124,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Pitkin 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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Pitkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8751:193,31119,108
Australia6531:41,3415,305
England5761:96,73310,275
Russia2171:664,16257,219
Canada1161:317,63429,153
Jamaica611:47,0482,826
Latvia331:62,1239,312
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Belarus201:475,05345,383
Israel191:450,40234,739
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Wales81:386,81619,671
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2961:82,3498,789
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6071:82,7338,664

Pitkin (10) may also be a first name.

Pitkin 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

A diminutive of Peter (q.v.), with the English diminutive suff. -kin [O.L.Ger. -k-ín] Prob. in many cases for the Dutch Pietken.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Diminutive of Peterkin.

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

Pitkin Last Name Facts

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

Pitkin (Arabic: بيتكين, Russian: Питкин) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pitkin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pitkin is the 124,579th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,991,677 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Pitkin reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pitkin is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 10 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,875 people, or 1 in 193,311. In The United States Pitkin is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 13 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Utah, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent reside and England, where 16 percent reside.

Pitkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pitkin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pitkin last name rose 309 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 195 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pitkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Pitkin surname are 9.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.41% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pitkin earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.27% more than the national average, earning $46,716 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.58% more than the national average, earning $63,387 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pitkina9289/
Pittkin9235/
Piotkin921/
Pietkin921/
Petkin83500/
Putkin83183/
Pytkin83165/
Pitken833/
Petkina77330/
Pytkina77148/
Petking775/
Pitchin772/
Pietqin771/
Pestkin771/
Petkienė711,049/
Pietquin71811/
Paytekin7112/
Phetking712/
Peitquin711/
Petken6780/
Pytkyn6746/
Petkyn6713/
Putkyn675/
Pitcen673/
Pedkin671/
Petcin671/
Pitchen62270/
Petchin6292/
Pytkyna6245/
Petkyna6218/
Paytkhn621/
Petkeng621/
Petkaen621/
Pheatkim571/
Phetchin571/
Petcen5024/

Pitkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pitkin in the Russian language
Питкинpitkin-
Pitkin in the Arabic language
بيتكينbytkyn-

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Pitkin 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.

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 Pitkin
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