Pickering is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pickering
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pickering

How popular is Pickering?

Pickering is common in England.

Pickering is ranked 11666 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pickering bearers increased by 3.253763 per cent in 2010 US census to 13582 since 2000, the surname slipped by 134 spots and ranked at 2653. The last name was found in around 46 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.56 90.06
Black 6.36 5.28
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 1.79
Others 1.81 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.86 0.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0.52
Pickering is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while British Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 45841 people have been found who wears Pickering as their family name. Pickering is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
6,235 Costa Rica7
6,072 China7
13,220 Thailand6
615,517 Russia6
2,480 Malawi5
262 Anguilla5
11,480 Japan4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
35,789 Turkey3
46,068 Philippines3
13,481 Qatar3
2,550 Haiti3
15,749 Finland3
1,777 Jersey2
993 Guernsey2
3,014 Taiwan2
6,353 Panama2
2,168 Suriname2
5,318 Iraq2
4,367 Afghanistan2
23,344 Austria2
20,172 Hungary1
1,704,541 India1
174,544 Czech Republic1
1,879 Belize1
510 East Timor1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
16,228 Bulgaria1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
801 Cape Verde1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
2,057 Isle of Man1
11,510 Oman1
3,307 Malta1
47,891 Norway1
2,724 New Caledonia1
971 Seychelles1
5,916 Mozambique1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
40,340 Malaysia1
4,942 Libya1
16,073 Latvia1
14,373 Jordan1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,790 Zambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
295 United States Virgin Islands48
672 Barbados47
37,591 Belgium37
383 Antigua and Barbuda33
50,826 Zimbabwe19
52,730 United Arab Emirates17
90,112 Germany14
699 Bermuda13
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,516 Hong Kong95
7,203 Denmark84
1,548 Guyana75
45 British Virgin Islands69
78,184 Italy67
4,855 Singapore65
17,456 Switzerland63
2,497 Trinidad and Tobago62
566 The Bahamas56
Countries with hundreds of Pickering:
99 Fiji778
1,233 Scotland623
10,846 Mexico419
973 Wales406
953 Namibia366
28,906 France343
1,273 Northern Ireland227
60,164 Brazil159
33,601 Argentina149
1,793 Jamaica143
21,079 Spain139
7,193 Chile135
3,096 Ireland131
Countries with thousands of Pickering:
622 Australia4,874
1,751 Canada2,915
3,278 South Africa1,972
460 New Zealand1,396
Countries with ten thousands of Pickering:
2,496 United States16,131
498 England13,503
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 35 years old Edwin Pickering who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on March 31, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. Christopher Pickering, aged 27, Immigrant Caroline Pickering, 26 years old Charles Pickering, Infant John Pickering, Caroline Pickering (28), Amelia Pickering, aged 8, Emma Pickering, aged 5, 3 years old Lucy Pickering, Infant Marion Pickering, and 16 other Pickering around 57.14% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Pickering Namesakes

  • Thomas R. Pickering, Ambassador
  • Adrienne Pickering, Actress
  • William Pickering, Publisher
  • Charles W. Pickering, Judge
  • Ally Pickering, Soccer player
  • Bridget Pickering, Film maker
  • Calvin Pickering, Baseball player
  • Cera Rose Pickering, Actor
  • Charlie Pickering, Television presenter
  • Daniel Pickering, TV Producer
  • In 2015, Claudia Pickering played the role of Chloe in comedy, drama film Frisky.

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