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    The surname Thompkins

    A surname, carried by 5,732 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T512

    Thompkins: #5,998 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Thompkins #5,998, 5,732 people Thompkins: #5,998 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Thompkins #5,998, 5,732 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thompkins is more common than 96.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,732 people named Thompkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,863 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,274.

    #5,998
    rank among US surnames
    5,732
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,008)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,989Jaynes5,74153,779
    #5,990Banner5,73953,798
    #5,991Specht5,73853,807
    #5,992Brinker5,73653,826
    #5,994Sackett5,73553,835
    #5,995Bost5,73453,845
    #5,996McAuliffe5,73353,854

    Who is named Thompkins

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

    70% of people named Thompkins identified as Black (not Hispanic), 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 70%
    • White (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Thompkinss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Trey Thompkins
      American basketball player (born 1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Thompkins

    Thompkins has the Soundex code T512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T512.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Thompkins?
    5,732 people in the United States had the surname Thompkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,863 Americans. It ranked 5,998th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thompkins?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Thompkins identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Thompkins?
    Trey Thompkins, American basketball player (born 1990).
    Where is the surname Thompkins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Thompkins in the United States.
    Is the surname Thompkins getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,732 in 2010, up 8.7%.