Last Name PICKERING

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Pickering, a parish in the North Riding Yorks.
Local: A market town of north Yorkshire, England, with the remains of a castle.
Origin English, Irish, Maori

Rank 2,519 (2000 US census) 2,443 (1990 US census)
Count 13,154 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.06%, or 11846 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.28%, or 695 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.52%, or 68 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.91%, or 120 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.44%, or 189 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.79%, or 235 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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