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    The surname Pickford

    A surname, carried by 1,118 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P216

    Pickford: #22,892 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pickford #22,892, 1,118 people Pickford: #22,892 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pickford #22,892, 1,118 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pickford is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,118 people named Pickford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,159 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,074.

    #22,892
    rank among US surnames
    1,118
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,370)

    Who is named Pickford

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

    83% of people named Pickford identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pickfords

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph Pickford
      British architect (1736–1782)
    • Lottie Pickford
      Actress (1893–1936)

    Notable Pickfords come mostly from the Kingdom of Great Britain (1) and Canada (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pickford

    Pickford has the Soundex code P216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P216.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pickford?
    1,118 people in the United States had the surname Pickford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,159 Americans. It ranked 22,892nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pickford?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Pickford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pickford?
    Joseph Pickford, British architect (1736–1782), followed by Lottie Pickford.
    Where is the surname Pickford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pickford in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Canada.
    Is the surname Pickford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,118 in 2010, up 4.1%.