larkins is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: larkins
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Descendant of little Lar, a pet form of Laurence meaning "laurel, symbol of victory".

Larkin's or of little Larry or Lawrence.

See Lawrence - The personal name, from the Latin Laurentius. The following are its diminutives and derivatives; Lawrie, Larry, Larkin, Larking, Larkins, Lawes, Lawson, Lawkin.

How popular is larkins?

larkins is common in United States, Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Scotland.

larkins is ranked 43390 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Larkins bearers increased by 5.65 per cent in 2010 US census to 6357 since 2000, the surname slipped by 141 spots and ranked at 5470. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 56.76 58.82
Black 36.95 36.5
Others 3.02 2.44
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.35
Larkins is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Cook Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 12008 people have been found who wears Larkins as their family name. Larkins is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of larkins:
5,337 United States8,331
2,671 Australia1,399
5,291 England1,352
Countries with hundreds of larkins:
24,509 South Africa227
4,190 New Zealand189
20,505 Canada174
4,328 Scotland107
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
124,421 Germany33
8,773 Wales27
248,576 Russia24
61,770 Malaysia20
13,424 Ecuador19
15,192 Latvia19
552,550 India13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
9,341 Northern Ireland10
221,039 Philippines9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
512,203 Thailand7

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ann Larkins was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 12, 1849. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took St. George from Liverpool. Stephen Larkins (15) Immigrant, Immigrant Catharine Larkins, Pat Larkins, aged 28, Workman John Larkins, Cathe. Larkins (60) Immigrant, 21 years old Martin Larkins, 23 years old Patrick Larkins, Workman John Larkins, Workman Patrick Larkins, and 8 other Larkins around 88.89% of whom were workman migrated to US.

larkins Namesakes

  • Nick Larkins, Australian rock musician
  • William Larkins, member of the Royal Society elected 14 April 1796
  • Wayne Larkins, former English cricketer,
  • Ellis Larkins, American jazz pianist born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Peter Larkins, Australian doctor and media personality as well as a former athlete
  • Richard Larkins, current Chancellor of La Trobe University

larkins Namesakes

  • Nick Larkins, Australian rock musician
  • William Larkins, member of the Royal Society elected 14 April 1796
  • Wayne Larkins, former English cricketer,
  • Ellis Larkins, American jazz pianist born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Peter Larkins, Australian doctor and media personality as well as a former athlete
  • Richard Larkins, current Chancellor of La Trobe University

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