# Pickens (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pickens/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,577 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,195 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,625 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (15,597 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pickens in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pickens in the United States.

## People named Pickens

- James Pickens Jr., American actor
- Slim Pickens, American rodeo performer, film and television actor (1919–1983)
- Israel Pickens, American politician (1780-1827)
- T. Boone Pickens, American financier; Chairman, BP Capital Management (1928-2019)
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens, American politician (1805–1869)
- George Pickens, American football player (born 2001)
- Matt Pickens, American soccer player
- Chinx, American rapper from Queens, New York

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.