How common is the surname Pidgeon?

1,785 people in the United States had the surname Pidgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. It ranked 16,188th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pidgeon?

Sarah Pidgeon, American actress, followed by Rebecca Pidgeon.

Where is the surname Pidgeon most common?

Wikidata records people named Pidgeon in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Pidgeon getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,785 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Pidgeon

A surname, carried by 1,785 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pidgeon is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

Capitalization of pidgeon

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,785 people named Pidgeon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,851.

#16,188

rank among US surnames

1,785

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,715)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967
#16,191	Paolucci	1,784	173,064
#16,195	Pincus	1,783	173,161

Who is named Pidgeon

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

90% of people named Pidgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pidgeons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Pidgeon
American actress, born 1996
Rebecca Pidgeon
British actor and singer-songwriter, born 1965

Notable Pidgeons come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pidgeon

Pigeon

Pidgeon has the Soundex code P325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P325.

Questions

Where does the surname Pidgeon come from?: Capitalization of pidgeon
How common is the surname Pidgeon?: 1,785 people in the United States had the surname Pidgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. It ranked 16,188th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pidgeon?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Pidgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pidgeon?: Sarah Pidgeon, American actress, followed by Rebecca Pidgeon.
Where is the surname Pidgeon most common?: Wikidata records people named Pidgeon in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Pidgeon getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,785 in 2010, down 3.6%.