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    The surname Picken

    A French patronymic surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P250

    Picken: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Picken #41,501, 524 people Picken: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Picken #41,501, 524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Picken is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Either a nickname from Old French picon (“woodpecker”), or a patronymic surname from the personal name Picon, apparently from picon (“pointed object”).

    Picken is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Picken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is down 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 560.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #37,429)

    Who is named Picken

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

    89% of people named Picken identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Picken

    Picken has the Soundex code P250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P250.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Picken come from?
    Either a nickname from Old French picon (“woodpecker”), or a patronymic surname from the personal name Picon, apparently from picon (“pointed object”).
    How common is the surname Picken?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Picken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Picken?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Picken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Picken?
    Picken is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Picken getting more or less common?
    Less common. 560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, down 6.4%.