# Harkin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/harkin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 998 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,914 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 309,364 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.8% (1,083 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEarcáin, "descendant of Earcán," from earc. * As an English surname, spelling variant related to Harkey.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harkin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Harkin in the United States.

## People named Harkin

- Tom Harkin, American politician (born 1939)

## Similar surnames

Harrigan, Harrison, Harkins, Harkness, Horgan, Harshman, Hershman, Hirschman, Horsman, Horrigan, Hourigan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.