How common is the surname Pinkham?

3,706 people in the United States had the surname Pinkham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,310 Americans. It ranked 8,841st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pinkham?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pinkham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pinkham?

Lydia Pinkham, American inventor and marketer of a herbal tonic (1819–1883).

Where is the surname Pinkham most common?

Wikidata records people named Pinkham in the United States.

Is the surname Pinkham getting more or less common?

About as common. 3,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,706 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Pinkham

A surname, carried by 3,706 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). Pinkham is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,706 people named Pinkham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,310 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,705.

#8,841

rank among US surnames

3,706

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #8,229)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,832	Mistry	3,710	83,220
#8,834	Stiltner	3,709	83,242
#8,841	Pinkham	3,706	83,310
#8,843	Colter	3,705	83,332
#8,844	Cusack	3,704	83,355
#8,848	Sweatt	3,703	83,377
#8,850	Dunston	3,702	83,400

Who is named Pinkham

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

93% of people named Pinkham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pinkhams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lydia Pinkham
American inventor and marketer of a herbal tonic (1819–1883)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pinkham

Pinkney

Pinkham 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 Pinkham?: 3,706 people in the United States had the surname Pinkham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,310 Americans. It ranked 8,841st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pinkham?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pinkham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pinkham?: Lydia Pinkham, American inventor and marketer of a herbal tonic (1819–1883).
Where is the surname Pinkham most common?: Wikidata records people named Pinkham in the United States.
Is the surname Pinkham getting more or less common?: About as common. 3,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,706 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.