Pinn Family History

Pinn Surname Meaning

English and German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of pins or pegs from Middle English pin Middle Low German pin(ne) ‘pin peg’. In some cases the German name was a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.

See Pinner English (Devon): habitational name from a place called with Old English penn ‘hill hill top’ a borrowing of Brittonic penn ‘head(land)’ e.g. Pinn Pinn Court Farm or Pin Hill Farm all in Devon.

English (Devon): variant of Pine or Penn.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Penn, Pann, Pine, Kinn, Linn, Pin, Pink, Pins, Pan, Pino

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Where is the Pinn family from?

You can see how Pinn families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Pinn family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Pinn families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 12 Pinn families living in Ontario. This was about 71% of all the recorded Pinn's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Pinn families in 1911.

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What did your Pinn ancestors do for a living?

In 1940, Laborer and Maid were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Pinn. 27% of Pinn men worked as a Laborer and 26% of Pinn women worked as a Maid. Some less common occupations for Americans named Pinn were Carpenter and Teacher.

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Laborer

27%

Farmer

25%

Clerk

Carpenter

Maid

26%

Housekeeper

18%

Housewife

11%

Teacher

11%

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Census Record

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There are 1K immigration records available for the last name Pinn. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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What is the average Pinn lifespan?

Between 1949 and 2004, in the United States, Pinn life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1988. The average life expectancy for Pinn in 1949 was 36, and 77 in 2004.

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Pinn Surname Meaning

English (Devon): variant of Pine or Penn.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Pinn family from?

What did your Pinn ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Laborer

27%

Farmer

25%

Clerk

Carpenter

Maid

26%

Housekeeper

18%

Housewife

11%

Teacher

11%

What Pinn family records will you find?

What is the average Pinn lifespan?

Between 1949 and 2004, in the United States, Pinn life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1988. The average life expectancy for Pinn in 1949 was 36, and 77 in 2004.

Pinn Family History

Pinn Surname Meaning

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Pinn Surname Meaning

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Where is the Pinn family from?

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Top Male Occupations In 1940

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What is the average Pinn lifespan?

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