Pincus

English

Alternative forms

• Pinkus

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīn'ḥās). Compare the personal name Phinehas.

Proper noun

Pincus (plural Pincuses)

1. A surname from Hebrew.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pincus is the 16195^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1783 individuals. Pincus is most common among White (95.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pincus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.