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    The surname Eakin

    An Irish surname, carried by 3,628 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E250

    Eakin: #9,013 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eakin #9,013, 3,628 people Eakin: #9,013 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eakin #9,013, 3,628 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eakin is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Egan.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,628 people named Eakin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,101 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,707.

    #9,013
    rank among US surnames
    3,628
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,223)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,006Cogan3,63185,030
    #9,011Hirst3,63085,054
    #9,013Traynor3,62885,101
    #9,017Garwood3,62685,148
    #9,020Stonge3,62585,171

    Who is named Eakin

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Eakin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eakin come from?
    Variant of Egan.
    How common is the surname Eakin?
    3,628 people in the United States had the surname Eakin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,101 Americans. It ranked 9,013th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eakin?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eakin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Eakin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,628 in 2010, down 2.1%.