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    The surname Pickens

    A surname, carried by 16,577 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P252

    Pickens: #2,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Pickens #2,195, 16,577 people Pickens: #2,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pickens #2,195, 16,577 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pickens is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,577 people named Pickens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,625 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,597.

    #2,195
    rank among US surnames
    16,577
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,133)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,186Thayer16,62518,571
    #2,187Gage16,61418,583
    #2,188Nevarez16,60718,591
    #2,189Alaniz16,59618,604
    #2,191McNair16,59518,605
    #2,192Baer16,58718,614
    #2,194Rosenthal16,58318,618

    Who is named Pickens

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

    56% of people named Pickens identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pickenss

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Pickens Jr.
      American actor, born 1954
    • 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, born 1982
    • Chinx
      American rapper from Queens, New York, 1983–2015

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pickens?
    16,577 people in the United States had the surname Pickens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,625 Americans. It ranked 2,195th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pickens?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Pickens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pickens?
    James Pickens Jr., American actor, followed by Slim Pickens.
    Where is the surname Pickens most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pickens in the United States.
    Is the surname Pickens getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,577 in 2010, up 6.3%.