# Pinkney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pinkney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,378 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,456 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,408 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.4% (5,938 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pinckney |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pinkney in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pinkney in the United States.

## People named Pinkney

- William Pinkney, American politician (1764-1822)
- Jerry Pinkney, American writer and children's book illustrator (1939–2021)
- Kevinn Pinkney, American basketball player (born 1983)

## Similar surnames

Pinckney, Pinson, Pinkham, Pinzon, Penson, Panganiban, Ponciano.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.