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'.
Discover how your Pike ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 29 |
Buckinghamshire | 29 |
Berkshire | 310 |
Cambridgeshire | 42 |
Channel Islands | 37 |
Cheshire | 45 |
Cornwall | 51 |
Cumberland | 31 |
Derbyshire | 72 |
Devon | 1,048 |
Dorset | 311 |
Durham | 72 |
Essex | 132 |
Gloucestershire | 338 |
Hampshire | 487 |
Herefordshire | 11 |
Hertfordshire | 58 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 9 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 155 |
Lancashire | 263 |
Leicestershire | 74 |
Lincolnshire | 81 |
London | 1,581 |
Middlesex | 212 |
Northumberland | 73 |
Norfolk | 132 |
Northamptonshire | 29 |
Nottinghamshire | 267 |
Oxfordshire | 46 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 9 |
Shropshire | 13 |
Suffolk | 105 |
Somerset | 685 |
Surrey | 182 |
Sussex | 97 |
Staffordshire | 84 |
Warwickshire | 118 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 421 |
Worcestershire | 33 |
Yorkshire | 201 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 2 |
Carnarvonshire | 3 |
Carmarthenshire | 10 |
Denbighshire | 9 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 208 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 36 |
Pembrokeshire | 12 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 1,391 |
Agricultural Labourer | 179 |
General Labourer | 111 |
Living On Own Means | 73 |
Domestic Servant | 72 |
Farmer | 72 |
Dress Maker | 71 |
Labourer | 63 |
General Servant Domestic | 56 |
Laundress | 55 |
Farm Labourer | 54 |
Living On Her Own Means | 49 |
General Servant | 48 |
Gardener | 46 |
Carpenter | 41 |
Coal Miner | 38 |
Clerk | 26 |
Farm Servant | 26 |
Charwoman | 25 |
Tailor | 25 |
Butcher | 24 |
General Domestic Servant | 22 |
Cook Domestic Servant | 21 |
House Keeper | 20 |
Dressmaker | 20 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Pike | 4,106 |
Mary Pike | 3,649 |
John Pike | 3,001 |
Elizabeth Pike | 2,799 |
George Pike | 2,164 |
James Pike | 1,860 |
Sarah Pike | 1,807 |
Charles Pike | 1,527 |
Henry Pike | 1,520 |
Thomas Pike | 1,463 |
Ann Pike | 1,234 |
Jane Pike | 993 |
Eliza Pike | 962 |
Frederick Pike | 910 |
Emma Pike | 882 |
Ellen Pike | 866 |
Annie Pike | 835 |
Emily Pike | 803 |
Alfred Pike | 763 |
Joseph Pike | 747 |
Alice Pike | 725 |
Edward Pike | 724 |
Robert Pike | 683 |
Arthur Pike | 674 |
Samuel Pike | 658 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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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 |
The surname Pike is the most popular version of all its varients