Explore the Family Name Pinchuk

The meaning of Pinchuk

1. Belorussian: habitational name for someone from the city of Pinsk in Belarus. 2. Americanized form of Polish Pińczuk or Pinczuk, cognates of 1 (the vast majority of bearers in Poland live in Białystok and Biała Podlaska counties on the border with Belarus) or, in some cases, variants of Pieńczuk, a topographic name or nickname from pień ‘trunk of tree’ or pienić się metaforically ‘to get angry, to argue’.

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How common is the last name Pinchuk in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Pinchuk has significantly increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 80,216 in terms of prevalence but jumped to 64,200 by 2010, a substantial increase of nearly 20%. Additionally, the count of individuals with this surname rose from 220 to 310 during the same period, marking an impressive growth of 40.91%. The proportion of the surname per 100k people also saw a rise from 0.08 to 0.11, showing a 37.5% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#80,216	#64,200	19.97%
Count	220	310	40.91%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.11	37.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pinchuk

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the vast majority of individuals with the surname Pinchuk identify as White, with the percentage increasing slightly from 96.82% in 2000 to 99.03% in 2010. Those identifying as two or more races fell from 2.73% to 0% over the decade. There were no recorded instances of this surname among Asian/Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Blacks, and American Indian and Alaskan Natives during both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.82%	99.03%	2.28%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.73%	0%	-100%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%