Parkin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from the medieval personal name Parkin, a form of Perkin

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈpɑɹkɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Parkin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 8.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 19K
  • CACanada≈1 in 37K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,700 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
309 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.6K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ParkinLatin(measured from records)
ภาคินThai(measured from records)
ΠαρκινGreek(measured from records)
파킨Hangul(measured from records)

8 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the medieval personal name Parkin, a form of Perkin.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Parkin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Parkin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom#620≈7,700 est.≈1 in 8.6K16KParkin236
US United States—4,0221 in 83K4KParkin309
AU Australia—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 19K—Parkin134
ZA South Africa—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 42K—Parkin48
CA Canada—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 37K—Parkin122
NZ New Zealand—≈250 est.≈1 in 20K—Parkin69

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Parkin is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, China

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Паркин, Паркін

  • Bulgarian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States, Russia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian

    Also written Паркин

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Parkin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, diminutive of Peter via Per/Peres + -kin; first attested Edmund Perkyn 1327 SRSf

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In English, a dim. of Peter with the hypocoristic suffix -kin-, for the change of -er- to -ar-, cf. Marchant. Parren see Perrin Vars.: Parkyn; Perkin, Perken.

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  • In English, A traditional soft cake of Northern England, usually made with oatmeal and treacle.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, Little Peter; stone or rock

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • In Finnish, genitive singular of parkki

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Cec Parkin, b. 1886John B. Parkin, b. 1911Leonard Parkin, b. 1929Frank Parkin, b. 1931Derek Parkin, b. 1948Arthur Parkin, b. 1952Stuart Parkin, b. 1955Steve Parkin, b. 1965Terence Parkin, b. 1980Jon Parkin, b. 1981

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Parkin,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Parkin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200216K#453
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104K#8,241
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.8K#8,324
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.8K#8,038
GB United KingdomA Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Parkin mean, and where does it come from?
from the medieval personal name Parkin, a form of Perkin. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
In which country does Parkin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.7 thousand people named Parkin in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled parkin.
How do you pronounce Parkin?
A machine transcription gives /ˈpɑɹkɪn/ (IPA) for English.
How common is the name Parkin?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,022 people named Parkin in 2010, about 1 in 83 thousand residents.
How common is Parkin compared with other names?
In the United Kingdom, Parkin is the 620th most common surname of 1,272,424 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Parkin” — the 620th most common surname in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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