How common is the surname Junkin?

1,243 people in the United States had the surname Junkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Junkin?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Junkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Junkin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Junkin

A surname, carried by 1,243 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Junkin is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,243 people named Junkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

#21,119

rank among US surnames

1,243

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,209)

Who is named Junkin

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

95% of people named Junkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Junkin

Junkin has the Soundex code J525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J525.

Questions

How common is the surname Junkin?: 1,243 people in the United States had the surname Junkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Junkin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Junkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Junkin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 7.8%.