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    The surname Larkins

    A surname, carried by 6,357 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L625

    Larkins: #5,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Larkins #5,470, 6,357 people Larkins: #5,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Larkins #5,470, 6,357 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Larkins is more common than 96.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,357 people named Larkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,568 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,017.

    #5,470
    rank among US surnames
    6,357
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,329)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,462Felipe6,37048,469
    #5,463Perrone6,36848,484
    #5,464Albarran6,36648,499
    #5,465Kempf6,36448,514
    #5,466Wingfield6,36248,530
    #5,468Gault6,36048,545
    #5,469Izaguirre6,35848,560

    Who is named Larkins

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

    57% of people named Larkins identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Larkinss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Erlana Larkins
      American basketball player (born 1986)
    • Ellis Larkins
      American recording artist; jazz pianist (1923-2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Larkins

    Larkins has the Soundex code L625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Larkins?
    6,357 people in the United States had the surname Larkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,568 Americans. It ranked 5,470th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Larkins?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Larkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Larkins?
    Erlana Larkins, American basketball player (born 1986), followed by Ellis Larkins.
    Where is the surname Larkins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Larkins in the United States.
    Is the surname Larkins getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,357 in 2010, up 5.7%.