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    The surname Harkins

    A surname, carried by 11,662 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H625

    Harkins: #3,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Harkins #3,080, 11,662 people Harkins: #3,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harkins #3,080, 11,662 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harkins is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,662 people named Harkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,474 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,598.

    #3,080
    rank among US surnames
    11,662
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,835)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,071Carl11,68926,413
    #3,072Hildebrand11,68726,418
    #3,073Merino11,68426,425
    #3,074Rawls11,67926,436
    #3,075Rao11,67226,452
    #3,076Mello11,67026,456
    #3,077Blakely11,66926,459

    Who is named Harkins

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

    90% of people named Harkins identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Harkinss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Draper Harkins
      American chemist (1873-1951)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harkins

    Harkins has the Soundex code H625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Harkins?
    11,662 people in the United States had the surname Harkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,474 Americans. It ranked 3,080th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harkins?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Harkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Harkins?
    William Draper Harkins, American chemist (1873-1951).
    Where is the surname Harkins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Harkins in the United States.
    Is the surname Harkins getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,662 in 2010, up 0.6%.