Perkings Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Perkings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perkings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:12,081,964463,456
England31:18,572,686338,250
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Perkings Last Name Facts

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

Perkings occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Perkings.

How Common Is The Last Name Perkings? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Perkings reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Perkings is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 12,081,964. In The United States Perkings is mostly found in: Texas, where 37 percent reside, South Carolina, where 10 percent reside and Utah, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside and Jamaica, where 5 percent reside.

Perkings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Perkings has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Perkings last name decreased 17 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Perkings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Perkings are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

Perkings earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.79% less than the national average, earning $24,687 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Perkings
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