Explore the Family Name Pinnick

The meaning of Pinnick

English: variant of Pinnock.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Pinnick saw a drop in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Pinnick name ranked 23,128 in popularity, with a count of 1,031 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, it had fallen to rank 27,204, with a count of 889, marking a decrease in popularity by 17.62% and a reduction in count by 13.77%. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 population also fell from 0.38 to 0.3 during this period - a decrease of 21.05%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,128	#27,204	-17.62%
Count	1,031	889	-13.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.3	-21.05%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pinnick

Ethnic identity data from the same census sources reveals a varied distribution among those carrying the Pinnick surname. In 2000, the majority of Pinnicks identified as White (83.03%), followed by Black (13.48%), and Hispanic (1.65%). A small percentage (0.97%) reported having two or more races. There were no reported instances of the Pinnick surname amongst Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations. This distribution changed somewhat by 2010. While the majority (77.95%) still identified as White, there was a notable increase in individuals identifying as Black (15.41%) and Hispanic (2.70%). Additionally, the number of Pinnicks reporting two or more races nearly doubled, jumping to 1.91%. No changes were observed for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.03%	77.95%	-6.12%
Black	13.48%	15.41%	14.32%
Hispanic	1.65%	2.7%	63.64%
Two or More Races	0.97%	1.91%	96.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%