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The surname Pickell

A surname, carried by 1,561 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P240

Pickell: #17,911 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pickell #17,911, 1,561 people Pickell: #17,911 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pickell #17,911, 1,561 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pickell is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,561 people named Pickell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,787 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,580.

#17,911
rank among US surnames
1,561
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-1.2%
change since 2000 (was #16,682)

Who is named Pickell

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Pickell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pickell

Pickell has the Soundex code P240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P240.

Questions

How common is the surname Pickell?
1,561 people in the United States had the surname Pickell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,787 Americans. It ranked 17,911th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pickell?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pickell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pickell getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,561 in 2010, down 1.2%.