English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Picquigny in
Somme, named with a Germanic personal name, Pincino (of obscure
derivation) + the Latin locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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