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The surname Junkins

A surname, carried by 1,651 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J525

Junkins: #17,159 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Junkins #17,159, 1,651 people Junkins: #17,159 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Junkins #17,159, 1,651 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Junkins is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,651 people named Junkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,671.

#17,159
rank among US surnames
1,651
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-1.2%
change since 2000 (was #15,970)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,151Endo1,652186,892
#17,159Yard1,651187,005

Who is named Junkins

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

91% of people named Junkins identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Junkins

Junkins 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 Junkins?
1,651 people in the United States had the surname Junkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. It ranked 17,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Junkins?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Junkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Junkins getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,651 in 2010, down 1.2%.