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    The surname Pinkney

    A surname, carried by 6,378 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P525

    Pinkney: #5,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pinkney #5,456, 6,378 people Pinkney: #5,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pinkney #5,456, 6,378 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinkney is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,378 people named Pinkney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,408 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,938.

    #5,456
    rank among US surnames
    6,378
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,396)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,448Carswell6,39048,317
    #5,449Ingersoll6,38848,332
    #5,450Hartnett6,38748,340
    #5,451Lett6,38548,355
    #5,452Dawes6,38348,370
    #5,453Hsieh6,38248,378
    #5,454Fawcett6,38148,385

    Who is named Pinkney

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

    83% of people named Pinkney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Pinkneys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Pinkney

    Pinkney 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 Pinkney?
    6,378 people in the United States had the surname Pinkney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,408 Americans. It ranked 5,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pinkney?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Pinkney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pinkney?
    William Pinkney, American politician (1764-1822), followed by Jerry Pinkney.
    Where is the surname Pinkney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pinkney in the United States.
    Is the surname Pinkney getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,378 in 2010, up 7.4%.
    What are other spellings of Pinkney?
    Pinckney.