How common is the surname Pike?

26,655 people in the United States had the surname Pike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,583 Americans. It ranked 1,318th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pike?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pike identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pike?

Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general , followed by Christa Pike.

Where is the surname Pike most common?

Wikidata records people named Pike in the United States and Confederate States of America.

Is the surname Pike getting more or less common?

More common. 26,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,655 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Pike

An English surname, carried by 26,655 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pike is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

The surname is of multiple origins, including Middle English pike.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 26,655 people named Pike in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,583 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,086.

#1,318

rank among US surnames

26,655

people in 2010

9.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,235)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,309	Garland	26,779	11,529
#1,310	Carmona	26,774	11,532
#1,311	Bowling	26,762	11,537
#1,312	Burris	26,760	11,538
#1,313	Whitley	26,732	11,550
#1,314	Hamm	26,726	11,552
#1,315	Bland	26,722	11,554

Who is named Pike

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

93% of people named Pike identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pikes

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Albert Pike
American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general , 1809–1891
Christa Pike
American murderer (born 1976)
Zebulon Pike
American military officer, explorer, and writer (1779-1813)
Kenneth Lee Pike
American linguist (1912–2000)
Aprilynne Pike
American writer, born 1981
Christopher Pike
American author, born 1954
Dave Pike
American jazz musician (1938–2015)
Austin F. Pike
American politician (1819-1886)
Lip Pike
American baseball player and manager, 1845–1893

Notable Pikes come mostly from the United States (8) and Confederate States of America (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pike

Pike has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pike come from?: The surname is of multiple origins, including Middle English pike.
How common is the surname Pike?: 26,655 people in the United States had the surname Pike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,583 Americans. It ranked 1,318th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pike?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pike identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pike?: Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general , followed by Christa Pike.
Where is the surname Pike most common?: Wikidata records people named Pike in the United States and Confederate States of America.
Is the surname Pike getting more or less common?: More common. 26,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,655 in 2010, up 2.2%.