Perkin Surname

120,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Perkin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter,' from the pet Perkin or Parkin; compare Wat-kin, Wil-kins, Wil-kinson, &c. There are no Perkins or Parkins in the Hundred Rolls, while the French diminutives Perrin and Perrott are common.

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Perkin Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6251:34,2884,527
United States6731:538,57244,670
Canada4821:76,4438,609
Russia3421:421,41240,292
Australia2351:114,87512,758
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Turkey531:1,468,32957,819
New Zealand491:92,41512,718
Wales391:79,3476,699
Serbia361:198,47112,167
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Kazakhstan191:930,65856,702
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
France71:9,488,960336,266
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
China21:683,660,78330,601
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland321:138,4337,742
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5111:16,1322,371
Wales411:38,2542,050
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2491:201,68117,505

Perkin (223) may also be a first name.

Perkin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Peter,' from the pet Perkin or Parkin; compare Wat-kin, Wil-kins, Wil-kinson, &c. There are no Perkins or Parkins in the Hundred Rolls, while the French diminutives Perrin and Perrott are common. What may be called the Flemish forms appeared in Yorkshire and the East counties about the beginning of the 14th century. With Perkins and Parkins, compare Clerk and Clark, Derby and Darby, &c.

Johannes Perkynson, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

Johannes Parkynson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John Perkyn, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Robert Perkinson, or Parkinson, 1564: Register of the University of Oxford.

Of all the other forms it would be useless to furnish modern instances. Every register has them in abundance.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A diminutive of Père, Pier(s, etc., i.e. Peter, q.v. [English diminutive suff. -kin = Flemish -ken;O.L. Ger.-k-in] Piers the Plowman is called alternatively Perkyn— Quod Perkyn the Plowman, ‘By seint Peter of Rome !’ Piers Plowman, 3798-9. Dauncen he koude so wel and jolily, That he was cleped Perkyn Revelour.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 4370-1. Perkyn the potter into the press past, And sayd, ‘Randol the refe, a doghter thou hast, Tyb the dere.’— ‘The Turnament of Tottenham,’ 21-3: Percy’s Reliques.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Peir or Peter, and the patronymic or diminutive termination ins,—little Peter, or the son of Peter.

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

Perkins,Perkin —Confined mostly to the southern half of England, being most numerous in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and South Wales.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Perkin Political Affiliation
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Sample size: 137 (2014)

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Perkin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perkin (Georgian: პერკინი, Russian: Перкин) is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perkin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 120,940th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,923,343 people. The surname Perkin is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Perkin live; 45 percent live in Northern Europe and 45 percent live in British Isles. Perkin is also the 603,623rd most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 223 people.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 1,625 people, or 1 in 34,288. In England Perkin is mostly concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 11 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 10 percent live and Greater London, where 9 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.

Perkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Perkin has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 108 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 270 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 5 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Perkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Perkin last name is principally Catholic (97%) in Ireland, Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Perkin last name are 2.97% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.2% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Perkin earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 33.62% more than the national average, earning R 317,532 per year; in United States they earn 8% more than the national average, earning $46,600 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.28% more than the national average, earning $54,296 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perkina921,763/
Perkinn926/
Perkisn925/
Perkind925/
Perkgkin861/
Parkin8330,879/
Pyrkin83664/
Percin83310/
Pirkin83158/
Perkyn83147/
Porkin83125/
Perkün8351/
Prekin8349/
Perken8310/
Perkne835/
Perqin831/
Perkinova801/
Pyrkina77929/
Perquin77806/
Perchin77187/
Perkyna77146/
Pirkina77120/
Pyorkin7710/
Pirking774/
Parckin774/
Peercin771/
Porkien771/
Parkijn770/
Pearcin770/
Perkenn770/
Parkn732/
Pierquin71925/
Pyorkina719/
Pearchin712/
Parken67387/
Pyrkyn6764/
Percen6710/
Parkén678/
Prekyn675/
Pirken674/
Parkhn673/
Porkyn673/
Preken671/
Pircin671/
Prekhn671/
Pyrcin671/
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Perkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Perkin in the Georgian language
პერკინიperkini80
პერკინperkin20
Perkin in the Russian language
Перкинperkin-

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Perkin Reference & Research

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