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The surname Pickle

A surname, carried by 3,425 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P240

Pickle: #9,493 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pickle #9,493, 3,425 people Pickle: #9,493 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pickle #9,493, 3,425 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pickle is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,425 people named Pickle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,145 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,490.

#9,493
rank among US surnames
3,425
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
-1.9%
change since 2000 (was #8,674)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,486Brathwaite3,42990,040
#9,488Schirmer3,42890,066
#9,491Rimmer3,42690,118
#9,493Pickle3,42590,145
#9,495Kettler3,42490,171
#9,496Gaughan3,42390,197

Who is named Pickle

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

94% of people named Pickle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pickles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • J. J. Pickle
    American politician, Democratic congressman from Texas (1913–2005)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pickle

Pickle has the Soundex code P240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P240.

Questions

How common is the surname Pickle?
3,425 people in the United States had the surname Pickle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,145 Americans. It ranked 9,493rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pickle?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pickle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pickle?
J. J. Pickle, American politician, Democratic congressman from Texas (1913–2005).
Where is the surname Pickle most common?
Wikidata records people named Pickle in the United States.
Is the surname Pickle getting more or less common?
Less common. 3,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,425 in 2010, down 1.9%.