# Pitcairn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pitcairn/  
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) | 313 |
| US rank (2010) | 63,698 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 986,407 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (307 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɪt.kɛərn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Named after Robert Pitcairn, the first Westerner to sight the island officially.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pitcairn 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pitcairn in the United States.

## People named Pitcairn

- Harold Frederick Pitcairn, American aviation pioneer (1897-1960)

## Similar surnames

Pitcher, Pettigrew, Pitzer, Peddicord, Podgorski, Patzer.

## 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.