The Pinkney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,378 people carried this name — #5,456 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,938 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pinkney surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘de Pincheni’.

An early record he cites: Henry de Pinkeni, Buckinghamshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Pinkney and Pinckney.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 607 · public domain.

In print

Pinkney in American newspapers,
1874–1918.

Newspaper page from Converse County Herald carrying the name Pinkney
Converse County Herald 1903-04-09
Newspaper page from The Manitowoc Pilot carrying the name Pinkney
The Manitowoc Pilot 1918-02-21
Newspaper page from Watertown Republican carrying the name Pinkney
Watertown Republican 1874-02-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,022 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pinkney in Australian newspapers,
1810s–1960s.

1,143 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pinkney. The most, 273, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 340
New South Wales 303
Queensland 260
Victoria 135
Western Australia 86
Tasmania 14
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pinkney.

Who carried it

People named Pinkney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Pinkney
    William Pinkney 1764–1822 · lawyer
  • Edward Coote Pinkney
    Edward Coote Pinkney 1802–1828 · writer
  • William Pinkney
    William Pinkney 1810–1883 · priest
  • George Pinkney
    George Pinkney 1859–1926 · baseball player
  • Frederick Pinkney 1804–1873 · writer
  • Louise Pinkney Sooy 1885–1965 · art educator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pinkney,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States553 records

553 records of the Pinkney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 201
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 153
  • Other U.S. records 199
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert P. Pinkney

    Born 1919 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles, California; pattern. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran; died 1982, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary N. Pinkney

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the Assyrian Monarch from London, aged 20; domestic. From England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harvey Tyrone Pinkney

    Born 1948; from Lothian, Maryland. U.S. Army, food service specialist; died of wounds 1970 in Binh Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 553 records for Pinkney in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada73 records

73 records of the Pinkney name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 58
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • Other Canadian records 9
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Pinkney

    Came to Ontario in 1873 aboard the Phonecian, bound for George Town, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Florence Maude Pinkney

    Buried in 1997 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 87.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Albert Edward Pinkney

    Died 1934 in Deep Brook, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 73 records for Pinkney in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia51 records

51 records of the Pinkney name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 29
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Other Australian records 13
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Pinkney

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lady Feversham, arriving 1830; ticket of leave 1838. Native of Gloucester.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Pinkney

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the White Star, aged 28; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Cameron Pinkney

    Test driver of Laverton, Victoria; died 1978.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 51 records for Pinkney in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom12 records

12 records of the Pinkney name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Pinkney

    Grenadier Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Pinkney

    Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. Pinkney

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Pinkney in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands12 records

12 records of the Pinkney name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 8
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Esther Clara Pinkney

    Born 1903 in Rotterdam. Married in 1941 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Cecilia Maria Ann Pinkney

    Born 1899 in Rotterdam. Died 1935 in Zeist, aged 35.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Sarah Agnes Pinkney

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1869 in Pocklington.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Pinkney in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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