Pickard Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Pickard Name Meaning: A variant of 'Picard',a regional name for someone from Picardy in France.Possibly derived from a French personal name,of the elements 'pic-hard',translating as 'sharp and hardy'.

The variant surname of 'Pitcher' developed from the elements above. The first recorded spelling of the family name is that of 'William Pichard',dated 1169.

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Surname Distribution

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Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Pickard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pickard family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 362
Agricultural Labourer 63
House Servant 50
At Home 32
Dress Maker 28
Wool Comber 25
Ribbon Weaver 21
Farm Labourer 20
Weaver 20
Labourer 18
Power Loom Weaver 18
Coal Miner 18
Cloth Weaver 17
Servant 13
House Keeper 12
Grocer 11
General Servant 11
Hand Loom Weaver Silk 11
Farmers Son 10
Hand Loom Weaver Cloth 10
Clothier 10
Farmer's Son 9
Pauper 9
Power Loom Weaver Worsted 9
Woollen Cloth Weaver 9

Pickard Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pickard 100% 27,781
2 Packard 86% 2,258
3 Picard 86% 661
4 Peckard 86% 465
5 Pickerd 86% 182
6 Peckerd 71% 178

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The surname Pickard is the most popular version of all its varients

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