How common is the surname Pinckney?

6,800 people in the United States had the surname Pinckney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,404 Americans. It ranked 5,147th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pinckney?

Charles Pinckney, American politician (1757-1824), followed by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

Where is the surname Pinckney most common?

Wikidata records people named Pinckney in the United States.

Is the surname Pinckney getting more or less common?

More common. 6,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,800 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Pinckney

A surname, carried by 6,800 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinckney is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,800 people named Pinckney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,404 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,126.

#5,147

rank among US surnames

6,800

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+11%

change since 2000 (was #5,234)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,138	Richie	6,812	45,324
#5,139	Geller	6,810	45,337
#5,140	Larosa	6,808	45,350
#5,141	Ard	6,807	45,357
#5,142	Rutkowski	6,805	45,370
#5,144	Damato	6,804	45,377
#5,145	Turney	6,803	45,384

Who is named Pinckney

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

71% of people named Pinckney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 71%
White (not Hispanic) 24%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Pinckneys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Pinckney
American politician (1757-1824)
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
American politician (1746-1825)
Clementa C. Pinckney
American politician, 1973–2015
Thomas Pinckney
American statesman, diplomat and general (1745–1828)
Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney
American planter and agriculturalist (1722–1799)
Ed Pinckney
American basketball player-coach (born 1963)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Pinkney

Surnames that sound like Pinckney

Pinkney

Pinckney has the Soundex code P525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P525.

Questions

How common is the surname Pinckney?: 6,800 people in the United States had the surname Pinckney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,404 Americans. It ranked 5,147th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pinckney?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Pinckney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pinckney?: Charles Pinckney, American politician (1757-1824), followed by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
Where is the surname Pinckney most common?: Wikidata records people named Pinckney in the United States.
Is the surname Pinckney getting more or less common?: More common. 6,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,800 in 2010, up 11%.
What are other spellings of Pinckney?: Pinkney.