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    The surname Tomkins

    A patronymic surname, carried by 1,260 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T525

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tomkins is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    From Tom + -kin + -s. From the medieval diminutive Tomkin for Thomas and the patronymic suffix -s.

    Tomkins 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 1,260 people named Tomkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,036 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,129.

    #20,910
    rank among US surnames
    1,260
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,553)

    Who is named Tomkins

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

    90% of people named Tomkins identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tomkinss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Tomkins
      Australian rower, born 1965
    • Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
      American politician, born 1989
    • Silvan Tomkins
      American psychologist (1911-1991)

    Notable Tomkinss come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Tomkins

    Tomkins has the Soundex code T525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T525.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tomkins come from?
    From Tom + -kin + -s. From the medieval diminutive Tomkin for Thomas and the patronymic suffix -s.
    How common is the surname Tomkins?
    1,260 people in the United States had the surname Tomkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,036 Americans. It ranked 20,910th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tomkins?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tomkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tomkins?
    James Tomkins, Australian rower, followed by Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
    Where is the surname Tomkins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tomkins in the United States and Australia.
    What type of surname is Tomkins?
    Tomkins is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Tomkins getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,260 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Tomkins?
    Tonkiss, Tomkin, Thomkin, Thomkins, Tompkin and Tompkins.