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    The surname Pink

    An occupational surname, carried by 2,578 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P520

    Pink: #12,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pink #12,089, 2,578 people Pink: #12,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pink #12,089, 2,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pink is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels. * Also as an English surname, from rare Middle English pink (“something small”), presumably related to pinkie. * As a German occupational surname for a blacksmith, from imitative pink(e)pank, after the sound of hammering. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, variant of Pjeńk, see Penk.

    Pink 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 2,578 people named Pink in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,762 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,434.

    #12,089
    rank among US surnames
    2,578
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,788)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,082Fujimoto2,580119,669
    #12,083Marple2,579119,715
    #12,089Huffer2,578119,762
    #12,095Sommerville2,577119,808

    Who is named Pink

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

    69% of people named Pink identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pinks

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Daniel H. Pink
      American business writer, born 1964
    • Arthur Pink
      British biblical scholar (1886–1952)
    • Steve Pink
      American actor and filmmaker, born 1966
    • Sidney W. Pink
      American film director and producer (1916–2002)

    Notable Pinks come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pink

    Pink has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pink come from?
    * As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels. * Also as an English surname, from rare…
    How common is the surname Pink?
    2,578 people in the United States had the surname Pink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,762 Americans. It ranked 12,089th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pink?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Pink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pink?
    Daniel H. Pink, American business writer, followed by Arthur Pink.
    Where is the surname Pink most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pink in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Pink?
    Pink is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Pink getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,578 in 2010, up 5.9%.