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Pich Family History

Pich Surname Meaning

German: variant of Pech ‘pitch tar’. Polish: nickname for a pushy person from dialect pichać ‘to push’.

Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Czech Petr (see Peter). Czech: nickname from pich a vocabulary word meaning ‘prick sting’ and also denoting a part of a stampmill.

Catalan: from a variant of pic a word of Celtic origin meaning ‘(mountain) peak’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a pointed peak or a habitational name from any place called with this word.

Cambodian: written ពេជ្រ from a Khmer word meaning ‘diamond’.

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


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You can see how Pich families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Pich family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Pich families were found in USA in 1920. In 1911 there were 20 Pich families living in Manitoba. This was about 67% of all the recorded Pich's in Canada. Manitoba had the highest population of Pich families in 1911.
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In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Pich. 86% of Pich men worked as a Farmer.

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Top Male Occupations In 1921

  • Farmer
    86%
  • Labourer
    15%

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Passenger Lists

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What is the average Pich lifespan?

Between 1963 and 2003, in the United States, Pich life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1970, and highest in 1986. The average life expectancy for Pich in 1963 was 70, and 72 in 2003.

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