How common is the last name Pickens?

15,919 people in the United States have the last name Pickens, about 1 in 18,776. It ranks #2,229 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PICKENS

#2,229

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,919
About
1 in 18,776
This common or more
49.1%
Who bears it

Of the 15,919 people with the last name Pickens, 53.8% reported their origin as White, 37.7% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pickens

#2,227 Baum · 15,941#2,228 Jin · 15,932#2,230 Lincoln · 15,912#2,231 Coe · 15,911

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pickens, most common first.

#53,758 Picking · 415

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