Judkins Surname

64,134th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,805 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Judkins Surname Definition:

Judkin’s (Son).

Judkins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0551:51,3766,193
England3751:148,58114,225
New Zealand1591:28,4804,971
Australia1201:224,96421,387
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2641:92,3319,519
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7031:29,4883,590

Judkins (26) may also be a first name.

Judkins Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Judkin’s (Son).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of little Jud, a pet form of Jordan (flowing down), or of Jud or Jude (confession).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Possibly Jude, the Christian name. The Dutch Jode, a Jew, also suggests itself; and if this be so, Judson must be equivalent to "Jew's sou," Judkin to "the little Jew," &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Hebrew.) From Juda, praise, confession, and signifies the confessor of God. Jode or Jood, in the Dutch, means Israelite, a Jew; Jute, a native of Jutland.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Hampshire is at present the home of the Judds, but there are a few of the name in the adjacent county of Wiltshire. In the 13th century Jud was a name well represented in Oxfordshire and Lincolnshire (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

William Judkins was bailiff of Daventry in 1778 (B.). A family of Judkin resided at Upper Heyford in the 17th and 18th centuries, and held land there as far back as the reign of James I. (B. and Wh.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

The Judds are now better represented in Hampshire; but Judd is an old Wiltshire name. John Judd was mayor of Salisbury in 1424 (E.), and the name is still to be found in that city. One of the early Wiltshire Judds in the 16th century was Lord Mayor of London (A.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Judkins Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Judkins Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Judkins occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Judkins? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 64,134th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 933,702 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Judkins reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most common given name at a global level, borne by 26 people.

The last name Judkins is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 7,055 people, or 1 in 51,376. In The United States Judkins is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Tennessee, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.

Judkins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Judkins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Judkins surname expanded 414 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Judkins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Judkins surname are 5.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.93% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Judkins earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.31% less than the national average, earning R 170,364 per year; in United States they earn 0.19% more than the national average, earning $43,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.78% less than the national average, earning $40,351 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeudkins930/
Jutkins8660/
Judkims861/
Judkens860/
Jodkins860/
Yutkins7149/
Sutkins7111/
Jotkins711/
Cutkins710/
Sautkins6721/
Seutkins672/
Youthkins634/

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Judkins Reference & Research

Judkins DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Judkins FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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