How common is the surname Pickering?

13,582 people in the United States had the surname Pickering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,732 Americans. It ranked 2,653rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pickering?

Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer (1846–1919), followed by Timothy Pickering.

Where is the surname Pickering most common?

Wikidata records people named Pickering in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Pickering getting more or less common?

More common. 13,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,582 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Pickering

A place surname, carried by 13,582 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P265

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pickering is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A habitational surname from Old English, from the English town.

Pickering is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,582 people named Pickering in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,732 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,154.

#2,653

rank among US surnames

13,582

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,519)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,644	Pruett	13,618	22,672
#2,645	McCartney	13,615	22,677
#2,646	Tierney	13,608	22,689
#2,648	Braden	13,603	22,697
#2,650	Crouse	13,598	22,705
#2,651	Dowd	13,590	22,719
#2,652	Suggs	13,585	22,727

Who is named Pickering

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

88% of people named Pickering identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pickerings

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edward Charles Pickering
American astronomer (1846–1919)
Timothy Pickering
American statesman (1745-1829)
Adrienne Pickering
Australian actress, born 1981
Thomas R. Pickering
American diplomat, born 1931
Charles Pickering
American anthropologist, botanist, and physician (1805-1878)
Chip Pickering
American politician, born 1963
Harry Pickering
Association football player (born 1998)
Marc Pickering
British actor, born 1985
William A. Pickering
British colonial administrator (1840–1907)
Finlay Pickering
British cyclist, born 2003
Monica Mayhem
Australian pornographic actress, born 1978

Notable Pickerings come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Pickron

Pickering has the Soundex code P265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P265.

Questions

How common is the surname Pickering?: 13,582 people in the United States had the surname Pickering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,732 Americans. It ranked 2,653rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pickering?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Pickering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pickering?: Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer (1846–1919), followed by Timothy Pickering.
Where is the surname Pickering most common?: Wikidata records people named Pickering in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Pickering?: Pickering is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pickering getting more or less common?: More common. 13,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,582 in 2010, up 3.3%.
What are other spellings of Pickering?: Pickron.