How common is the surname Pilcher?

5,391 people in the United States had the surname Pilcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,271 Americans. It ranked 6,329th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pilcher?

Percy Pilcher, British aviator (1866–1899).

Where is the surname Pilcher most common?

Wikidata records people named Pilcher in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Pilcher getting more or less common?

More common. 5,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,391 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Pilcher

An occupational surname, carried by 5,391 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pilcher is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

English surname, from pilch + -er.

Pilcher is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,391 people named Pilcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,271 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,302.

#6,329

rank among US surnames

5,391

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,978)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,325	Hash	5,397	57,207
#6,326	Overman	5,396	57,217
#6,327	Delano	5,392	57,260
#6,329	Pilcher	5,391	57,271
#6,330	Kephart	5,390	57,281

Who is named Pilcher

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

87% of people named Pilcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pilchers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Percy Pilcher
British aviator (1866–1899)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Pilcher

Pilcher has the Soundex code P426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P426.

Questions

Where does the surname Pilcher come from?: English surname, from pilch + -er.
How common is the surname Pilcher?: 5,391 people in the United States had the surname Pilcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,271 Americans. It ranked 6,329th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pilcher?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Pilcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pilcher?: Percy Pilcher, British aviator (1866–1899).
Where is the surname Pilcher most common?: Wikidata records people named Pilcher in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Pilcher?: Pilcher is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Pilcher getting more or less common?: More common. 5,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,391 in 2010, up 1.7%.