Pike Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Pike Name Meaning: Topographic for someone who lived by a 'hill' with a 'sharp point'.Also occupational for a 'pike fisherman',or a 'user of a pointed tool'for breaking up the earth.Also commonly used as a nickname for a 'tall','thin' person. From old French pic 'woodpecker'.

Of medieval english origin.The first recorded spelling is from 1066,in the 'Domesday book','Devon'.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Pike Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pike family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,739
Agricultural Labourer 249
Domestic Servant 94
Dress Maker 85
General Servant 85
Laundress 80
General Labourer 78
Labourer 75
Farm Labourer 59
Carpenter 45
General Servant Domestic 36
Annuitant 35
Gardener 31
Servant 30
Charwoman 28
Shoe Maker 27
House Keeper 25
Cook 23
Tailor 22
Coal Miner 22
Farmers Son 22
Butcher 21
No Occupation 21
Servant Domestic 21
Painter 20

Pike Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pike 100% 61,943
2 Peake 60% 19,857
3 Peek 25% 10,149
4 Peak 25% 10,010
5 Pyke 75% 7,716
6 Pook 25% 6,183
7 Peeke 60% 1,392
8 Pake 75% 1,248
9 Poke 75% 1,159
10 Pooke 60% 319
11 Puke 75% 138
12 Peke 75% 124
13 Piko 75% 122

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