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    The surname Pinnell

    A surname, carried by 1,311 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P540

    Pinnell: #20,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pinnell #20,285, 1,311 people Pinnell: #20,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pinnell #20,285, 1,311 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinnell is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Diminutive of Pine.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,311 people named Pinnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,482.

    #20,285
    rank among US surnames
    1,311
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,521)

    Who is named Pinnell

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

    94% of people named Pinnell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Pinnell

    Pinnell has the Soundex code P540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P540.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pinnell come from?
    Diminutive of Pine.
    How common is the surname Pinnell?
    1,311 people in the United States had the surname Pinnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. It ranked 20,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pinnell?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pinnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pinnell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,311 in 2010, down 12%.
    What are other spellings of Pinnell?
    Pinell.