How common is the surname Parkin?

4,022 people in the United States had the surname Parkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,764 Americans. It ranked 8,241st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Parkin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,022 in 2010, up 5.7%.

Is Parkin also a first name?

Yes. Parkin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Parkin

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,022 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parkin is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from Per + -kin.

Parkin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,022 people named Parkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,764 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,805.

#8,241

rank among US surnames

4,022

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,038)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,235	Lakey	4,025	76,707
#8,238	Rochester	4,024	76,726
#8,239	Bonnett	4,023	76,745
#8,241	Parkin	4,022	76,764
#8,242	Corrado	4,021	76,783

Who is named Parkin

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

90% of people named Parkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Perkin

Surnames that sound like Parkin

Parkin has the Soundex code P625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P625.

Questions

Where does the surname Parkin come from?: From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from Per + -kin.
How common is the surname Parkin?: 4,022 people in the United States had the surname Parkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,764 Americans. It ranked 8,241st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parkin?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Parkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Parkin?: Parkin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Parkin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,022 in 2010, up 5.7%.
What are other spellings of Parkin?: Perkin.
Is Parkin also a first name?: Yes. Parkin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.