Last Name LUFKIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Love, from the diminutive Lovekin. This has now almost universally settled down into Lufkin. Lovekin came northwards into Cheshire, and as later Lufkin was became a part of Manchester Directory.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 22,570 (2000 US census) 20,120 (1990 US census)
Count 1,063 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.95%, or 1020 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.13%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.03%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.85%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

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