Parkinson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Parkinson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Parkinson

How popular is Parkinson?

Parkinson is common in United States.

Parkinson is ranked 10684 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Parkinson bearers increased by 5.932755 per cent in 2010 US census to 9767 since 2000, the surname slipped by 100 spots and ranked at 3637. The last name was found in around 33 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.21 89.93
Black 7.87 6.58
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 1.42
Others 1.59 1.12
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.4
Parkinson is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 50299 people have been found who wears Parkinson as their family name. Parkinson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,235 Qatar10
9,540 Thailand9
5,318 China8
18,563 Nigeria7
2,459 Zambia7
918,840 India5
122,390 Belarus4
114,007 Czech Republic4
513 Sierra Leone4
1,389 Grenada3
661,536 Indonesia3
722 Saint Lucia3
144,472 Kazakhstan3
4,104 South Korea2
1,235 Belize2
41,879 Turkey2
319 Samoa2
5,936 Bahrain2
35,969 Denmark2
20,837 Venezuela2
54,135 Philippines2
1,118 Isle of Man2
18,035 Egypt2
2,151 Fiji2
14,004 Hungary2
1,256 Myanmar2
6,353 Panama2
17,575 Kuwait1
2,374 Bermuda1
14,373 Jordan1
50,549 Georgia1
29,046 Japan1
17,236 Ghana1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,196 Liberia1
31,584 Peru1
6,820 Angola1
3,586 Honduras1
7,941 Guatemala1
42,479 Greece1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
7,191 Afghanistan1
846 American Samoa1
123,175 Tanzania1
24,421 Slovakia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
8,181 Botswana1
6,688 Malawi1
3,275 Nepal1
19,810 Croatia1
12,741 Ecuador1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
5,916 Mozambique1
4,171 Rwanda1
11,510 Oman1
5,589 Sudan1
24,771 Colombia1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,211 Brunei1
7,292 Vietnam1
40,340 Malaysia1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
58,885 Poland1
6,149 Ethiopia1
1,005 The Gambia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
21,712 Sweden44
17,488 Norway39
37,591 Belgium37
124,645 Ukraine30
416 Guernsey24
90,010 Germany24
813 Jersey22
52,719 United Arab Emirates18
55,829 Zimbabwe16
464 Cayman Islands15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,760 Trinidad and Tobago100
114,544 Russia97
1,386 Guyana89
3,956 Singapore83
6,029 Portugal74
548 Barbados70
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Parkinson:
1,071 Scotland742
8,131 Kenya628
593 Wales621
638 Northern Ireland513
1,326 Ireland426
28,906 France343
34,683 Brazil334
4,544 Austria262
13,384 Spain259
17,404 Mexico209
36,751 Argentina134
1,845 Hong Kong130
56,111 Italy123
1,192 Costa Rica102
Countries with thousands of Parkinson:
512 Australia5,747
1,535 Canada3,363
310 New Zealand1,846
253 Jamaica1,713
3,868 South Africa1,699
Countries with ten thousands of Parkinson:
346 England18,101
3,349 United States11,971
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Susan Parkinson was born at sea on Envoy put out from Liverpool, during the Irish famine migration. The vessel travelled from Ireland and reached at USA on June 4, 1846. 25 years old Samuel Parkinson, U Parkinson (23), Mary Parkinson (20) Immigrant, 28 years old Mary Parkinson, Anthony Parkinson (20) Poulterer, William Parkinson (28) Immigrant, Workman Robert Parkinson, Workman Michael Parkinson, and 32 other Parkinson around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as poulterer and servant, accountant migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Belfast.

Comments

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Fred Sandidge
 The origin of the name is Anglo-Saxon etymology comes from the agglutination of Perkin and his nickname which means the son of Perkin - quicksilver.

Parkinson Namesakes

  • Catherine Agatha Parkinson, Norman Lindsay's ex-wife
  • James Parkinson, Surgeon
  • AnnMarie Parkinson, Film Art Director
  • John Parkinson, Botanist
  • John Parkinson, Botanist
  • Art Parkinson, Actor
  • Michael Parkinson, Broadcaster
  • Jack Parkinson, Soccer player
  • Paul Bonifacio Parkinson, Figure skater
  • Bradford Parkinson, Engineer
  • Padhraig Parkinson, from 2018 action movie Penance, who portrayed the Atain óg.
  • Lauren Parkinson played the important role of Daisy in 2015 horror, thriller flick Appetites.

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