Last Name PERKINSON

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Meaning The son of Pater, from the pet Perkin or Parkin. There are no Perkins or Parkins in the Hundred Rolls, while the French diminutives Perrin and Perrott are common. What may be called the Flemish forms appeared in Yorkshire and the East counties about the beginning of the 14th century.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 13,256 (2000 US census) 14,794 (1990 US census)
Count 2,111 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.33%, or 1928 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.35%, or 134 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.24%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.18%, or 25 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.9%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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