How rare is the last name Pinkerton?

7,912 people in the United States have the last name Pinkerton, about 1 in 37,778. It ranks #4,339 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

PINKERTON

#4,339

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,912
About
1 in 37,778
This common or more
56.9%
Who bears it

Of the 7,912 people with the last name Pinkerton, 87.8% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Pinkerton

1 other last name also has 7,912 people.

#4,339 Borja · 7,912

Either side of Pinkerton

#4,336 Prewitt · 7,913#4,339 Borja · 7,912#4,341 Dupre · 7,910#4,342 Parisi · 7,904

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pinkerton, most common first.

#42,533 Pinkerman · 549#49,748 Pinkert · 456

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