Pick is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pick
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Scotland, England
Meaning:

Pick is variant form of Pix. A shrine in which the consecrated host is placed, in the Roman ritual. It seems an unlikely source for a surname, but there are analogies in Hallowbread, Paten, Crucifix, etc.

Dweller near a pointed hill or on a highway; dweller at the sign of the pick, the bar-tailed godwit; dweller at the sign of the bull; a name sometimes adopted by people named Joseph becaude the Bible likened Joseph to a young bullock.

Pick is variant form of the Pickens. Descendant of little Pic, or Picon meaning "pike".

How popular is Pick?

Pick is common in Germany, United States, England, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Luxembourg, Zimbabwe, Wales.

Pick is ranked 30976 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Picks grew by 9.48 per cent to 3442 since 2000 and ranked 9451 after elevating 33 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.4 95.01
Hispanic or Latino 5.87 1.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.44 1.02
Others 1.02 0.89
Black 0.73 1.02
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.55 0.7
Pick is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 17262 people have been found who wears Pick as their family name. Pick is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Pick:
2,046 Germany5,182
9,726 United States4,212
2,771 England2,868
5,131 South Africa1,355
Countries with hundreds of Pick:
6,504 Canada673
5,669 Australia598
23,990 Brazil330
36,380 France283
28,138 Poland178
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
8,487 Austria158
544 Luxembourg146
14,835 Zimbabwe144
2,845 Wales112
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,798 Czechia92
4,887 Scotland90
9,120 New Zealand78
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
32,801 Belgium42
65,578 Argentina40
6,278 Singapore39
20,666 Switzerland33
327,222 India32
147,509 Philippines30
36,992 Papua New Guinea30
24,545 Hungary29
4,689 Suriname26
53,462 Spain23
275,398 Indonesia21
59,312 Malaysia21
60,801 Netherlands20
28,677 Croatia15
7,342 Northern Ireland14
334,277 Russia14
363,835 Thailand14
18,914 Uruguay13
27,659 Finland13
108,968 Italy12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
19,532 Malawi9
4,903 Angola9
33,931 Venezuela9
47,773 Mexico8
73,078 Slovakia7
10,500 Paraguay6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old immigrant William Pick who was residing in Cork, Ireland migrated to USA on March 29, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. Immigrant Charles Pick, John Pick (25) Dairyman, 30 years old William Pick, Immigrant Thomas Pick, 26 years old Sarah Pick, are other Pick that migrated to US.

From Germany

Julius Pick was 21 years old when he migrated to New York on May 18, 1850. He lived in Prussia where he worked as lithographer and took Wieland from Bremen. C.H. Pick (37) Doctor of medicine, Hen.Wilh. Pick (37), Maria Pick (8), 7 years old Theo. Pick, 24 years old Adolph Pick, Adolph Pick (24) Tailor, Aug. Pick (23) Blacksmith, Farmer Catharina Pick, and 279 other Pick around 40.29% of whom were farmer while others worked as cigar maker and merchant, servant, spinster, laborer, clerk, mason, weaver, peddler, gentleman, tinman migrated to US from Hamburg, Bremen and Antwerp.

Pick Namesakes

  • Thomas Pickering Pick, British surgeon and author
  • Albert Pick, German numismatist
  • Andy Pick, former English cricketer
  • Ludwig Pick, German pathologist born in Landsberg an der Warthe
  • Georg Alexander Pick, Austrian born mathematician
  • Hokus Pick, Christian rock band that was together
  • Lewis A. Pick, was born in Brookneal, Virginia
  • Arnold Pick, Jewish Czech psychiatrist
  • Frank Pick, officeholder
  • Alison Pick, Canadian novelist and poet
  • Charlie Pick, professional baseball player
  • Svika Pick, Israeli pop singer and composer

Pick Namesakes

  • Thomas Pickering Pick, British surgeon and author
  • Albert Pick, German numismatist
  • Andy Pick, former English cricketer
  • Ludwig Pick, German pathologist born in Landsberg an der Warthe
  • Georg Alexander Pick, Austrian born mathematician
  • Hokus Pick, Christian rock band that was together
  • Lewis A. Pick, was born in Brookneal, Virginia
  • Arnold Pick, Jewish Czech psychiatrist
  • Frank Pick, officeholder
  • Alison Pick, Canadian novelist and poet
  • Charlie Pick, professional baseball player
  • Svika Pick, Israeli pop singer and composer

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