Pinkstaff

English

Etymology

Possibly an Americanized form of German Pinsdorf or Binstock.

Proper noun

Pinkstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Pinkstaffs)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pinkstaff is the 39486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Pinkstaff is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.

Further reading

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