How common is the surname Pickett?

31,611 people in the United States had the surname Pickett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,767 Americans. It ranked 1,108th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pickett?

Wilson Pickett, American male singer and songwriter (1941-2006), followed by Jalen Pickett.

Where is the surname Pickett most common?

Wikidata records people named Pickett in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Pickett getting more or less common?

More common. 30,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,611 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Pickett

A surname, carried by 31,611 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pickett is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,611 people named Pickett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,767 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,552.

#1,108

rank among US surnames

31,611

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,099	Blanco	31,800	9,709
#1,100	Gorman	31,788	9,713
#1,101	Katz	31,780	9,715
#1,102	Kuhn	31,776	9,716
#1,103	Noel	31,768	9,719
#1,104	Valle	31,716	9,735
#1,105	Marino	31,687	9,744

Who is named Pickett

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

66% of people named Pickett identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Picketts

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wilson Pickett
American male singer and songwriter (1941-2006)
Jalen Pickett
American basketball player (born 1999)
Bobby Pickett
American musician and novelty hit record artist (1938–2007)
Leiston Pickett
Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, born 1992
Cindy Pickett
American actress, born 1947
Thomas Augustus Pickett
American politician (1906-1980)
Owen B. Pickett
American politician (1930-2010)
Lenny Pickett
American saxophonist and musical director, born 1954

Notable Picketts come mostly from the United States (7) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pickett

Puckett

Pickett has the Soundex code P230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P230.

Questions

How common is the surname Pickett?: 31,611 people in the United States had the surname Pickett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,767 Americans. It ranked 1,108th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pickett?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Pickett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pickett?: Wilson Pickett, American male singer and songwriter (1941-2006), followed by Jalen Pickett.
Where is the surname Pickett most common?: Wikidata records people named Pickett in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Pickett getting more or less common?: More common. 30,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,611 in 2010, up 3.5%.