Larkin is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Larkin
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Larkin

How popular is Larkin?

Larkin is common in United States.

Larkin is ranked 8947 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Larkin bearers increased by 2.495218 per cent in 2010 US census to 23578 since 2000, the surname slipped by 103 spots and ranked at 1521. The last name was found in around 80 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.19 84.04
Black 12.12 12.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.77 1.73
Others 1.9 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.45 0.4
Larkin is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 60277 people have been found who wears Larkin as their family name. Larkin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
9,568 Thailand8
6,072 China7
20,929 Azerbaijan7
1,346 Bermuda6
23,950 Georgia6
1,632 South Korea5
14,078 Japan3
10,686 Costa Rica3
2,617 Cambodia2
1,521 Montenegro2
10,284 Kuwait2
2,794 El Salvador2
26,532 Chile2
17,547 Colombia2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
6,900 Oman2
54,135 Philippines2
11,736 Lithuania2
12,172 Ghana2
1,834 Malta2
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
53,505 Turkey1
10,190 Bahrain1
14,618 Guyana1
6,820 Angola1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
53,033 Nigeria1
31,584 Peru1
16,228 Bulgaria1
810,193 Indonesia1
573 Vanuatu1
6,212 Jamaica1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
36,814 Romania1
5,467 Haiti1
58,885 Poland1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,057 Myanmar1
14,373 Jordan1
3,350 Fiji1
6,149 Ethiopia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
49,101 Denmark1
880 Djibouti1
510 East Timor1
38,830 Morocco1
14,644 Tunisia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
11,831 Tajikistan1
5,553 Taiwan1
28,365 Kenya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
2,337 Cyprus43
6,551 Qatar39
26,164 Sweden36
8,214 Singapore35
11,444 Portugal28
813 Jersey22
20,844 Moldova21
27,663 Kyrgyzstan20
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
30,111 Spain83
13,957 Switzerland81
3,193 Estonia77
78,184 Italy67
11,009 Finland60
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Larkin:
10,556 Germany941
375 Northern Ireland882
7,632 Ukraine747
1,497 Scotland499
1,662 New Zealand452
32,528 France306
11,234 Uzbekistan303
1,467 Wales271
8,152 Belarus190
14,632 Kazakhstan181
2,223 Latvia146
7,471 United Arab Emirates130
69,781 Brazil127
150,310 India113
27,127 Mexico105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Larkin:
1,051 England7,238
3,774 Russia5,160
158 Ireland4,777
796 Australia3,840
2,297 Canada2,180
5,544 South Africa1,169
Countries with ten thousands of Larkin:
1,311 United States29,486
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catharine Larkin worked as spinster and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Atlas and arrived on May 11, 1846. John Larkin (22) Servant, Martin Larkin, aged 20, Bridget Larkin, aged 23, Ellen Larkin (22) Maid, 18 years old Bridget Larkin, Alley Larkin, aged 17, Alley Larkin (20) Spinster, Spinster Mary Larkin, and 626 other Larkin around 52.62% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, mason, shoemaker, carpenter, blacksmith, matron, tailoress, seamstress, milliner migrated to US.

Larkin Namesakes

  • Christopher Larkin, Conductor
  • Aidan Larkin, Politician
  • Linda Larkin, Television actress
  • John Larkin, Attorney
  • Shannon Larkin, Musician
  • Anatoly Larkin, Physicist
  • Linda Larkin, Television actress
  • Mitch Larkin, Swimmer
  • Joan Larkin, Poet
  • Ausby Larkin, Actor
  • In 2015, Lorna Larkin portrayed the role of Janice Cadogan in drama and mystery movie North Circular Road.

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