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    The surname Pinson

    A surname, carried by 7,362 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P525

    Pinson: #4,800 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pinson #4,800, 7,362 people Pinson: #4,800 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pinson #4,800, 7,362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinson is more common than 97% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,362 people named Pinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,938 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,212.

    #4,800
    rank among US surnames
    7,362
    people in 2010
    2.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,523)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,791Pleasant7,37841,847
    #4,792Pomeroy7,37741,852
    #4,793Dabney7,37641,858
    #4,794Duckett7,37541,864
    #4,795McReynolds7,37341,875
    #4,796Shane7,37241,881
    #4,797Bettencourt7,36541,921

    Who is named Pinson

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

    76% of people named Pinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pinsons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Julie Pinson
      American actress, born 1967
    • Theo Pinson
      American basketball player (born 1995)
    • Barbara Guest
      American writer (1920–2006)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pinson

    Pinson 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 Pinson?
    7,362 people in the United States had the surname Pinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,938 Americans. It ranked 4,800th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pinson?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Pinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pinson?
    Julie Pinson, American actress, followed by Theo Pinson.
    Where is the surname Pinson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pinson in the United States.
    Is the surname Pinson getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,362 in 2010, up 2.1%.