Timpkins Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

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

Timpkins Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Timothy.' I find few traces of this name in early records.

'John Timothy was, with a hundred other men, transported from Taunton, Somerset, to the West Indies, in 1685': Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

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Timpkins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Timpkins Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Timothy.' I find few traces of this name in early records.

'John Timothy was, with a hundred other men, transported from Taunton, Somerset, to the West Indies, in 1685': Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

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

The baptismal name, whence the derivatives Timm, Tims, Timms, Timbs, Timmings, Timson, Timpson, Timpkins.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Timpkins Last Name Facts

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

Timpkins is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Timpkins? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Timpkins occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Timpkins reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Connecticut, where 50 percent are found and Florida, where 50 percent are found.

Timpkins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Timpkins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Timpkins surname decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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