How common is the surname Pinney?

3,016 people in the United States had the surname Pinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,369 Americans. It ranked 10,615th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pinney?

Patrick Pinney, American actor.

Where is the surname Pinney most common?

Wikidata records people named Pinney in the United States.

Is the surname Pinney getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,016 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Pinney

A surname, carried by 3,016 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinney is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,016 people named Pinney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,369 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,090.

#10,615

rank among US surnames

3,016

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,649)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,607	Kollar	3,019	102,267
#10,613	Kelch	3,018	102,301
#10,614	Boateng	3,017	102,335
#10,615	Vila	3,016	102,369
#10,620	Cardillo	3,015	102,403

Who is named Pinney

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

90% of people named Pinney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pinneys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patrick Pinney
American actor, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pinney

Pinney has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.

Questions

How common is the surname Pinney?: 3,016 people in the United States had the surname Pinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,369 Americans. It ranked 10,615th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pinney?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Pinney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pinney?: Patrick Pinney, American actor.
Where is the surname Pinney most common?: Wikidata records people named Pinney in the United States.
Is the surname Pinney getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,016 in 2010, down 2.4%.