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The PICKFORD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,074 22370 0 4
United States (1880 census) 276 15222 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +798 -7148 +N/A -2
Other Countries
Australia 376 4225 0.002 23
United Kingdom 2,944 2102 0.006 64
Top States for PICKFORD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 141 9093 0.001 14
California 131 18613 0.000 4
Pennsylvania 113 13354 0.001 9
Florida 91 18893 0.001 6
Illinois 62 21889 0.000 5
Top States for PICKFORD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 19 7944 0.001 15
Michigan 141 9093 0.001 14
New Hampshire 14 11063 0.001 11
Idaho 12 14531 0.001 9
Pennsylvania 113 13354 0.001 9

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PICKFORD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PICKFORD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PICKFORD in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PICKFORD by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PICKFORD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PICKFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PICKFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PICKFORD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 916 85.29
Black/African American 106 9.87
White (Hispanic) 22 2.05
Mixed Race 17 1.58
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PICKFORD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of PICKFORD in historical publications

PICKFORD. I do not find this local name in the Gazetteer, but it is, no doubt, the same as Pitchford in Shropshire. In the Eotuli Hundredorum of the county tlie possessor of that estate, sjjelt Picheford, is styled Sir John de Picford (Domino Johanni de Picford.)

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to PICKFORD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PICKFORD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for PICKFORD

The following words are slight variants of PICKFORD that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.