How common is the surname Lakin?

4,126 people in the United States had the surname Lakin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,829 Americans. It ranked 8,023rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lakin?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lakin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Lakin most common?

Wikidata records people named Lakin in the United States.

Is the surname Lakin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,126 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Lakin

A surname, carried by 4,126 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lakin is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,126 people named Lakin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,829 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,232.

#8,023

rank among US surnames

4,126

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+27.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,270)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,016	Kaul	4,128	74,793
#8,019	Pawlak	4,127	74,811
#8,023	Markel	4,126	74,829
#8,027	Polson	4,125	74,847
#8,028	Giffin	4,124	74,866
#8,029	Fulford	4,123	74,884
#8,030	Nystrom	4,122	74,902

Who is named Lakin

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

87% of people named Lakin identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lakins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christine Lakin
Actress, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lakin

Lakhani

Lakin has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

Questions

How common is the surname Lakin?: 4,126 people in the United States had the surname Lakin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,829 Americans. It ranked 8,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lakin?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lakin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lakin?: Christine Lakin, actress.
Where is the surname Lakin most common?: Wikidata records people named Lakin in the United States.
Is the surname Lakin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,126 in 2010, up 28%.