How rare is the last name Parkinson?

9,490 people in the United States have the last name Parkinson, about 1 in 31,496. It ranks #3,650 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PARKINSON

#3,650

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,490
About
1 in 31,496
This common or more
54.9%
Who bears it

Of the 9,490 people with the last name Parkinson, 83.5% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Black and 3.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Parkinson

#3,648 Blaylock · 9,494#3,649 Khalil · 9,492#3,651 Jeanbaptiste · 9,481#3,652 Mcmurray · 9,479

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Parkinson, most common first.

#11,755 Parkins · 2,549#87,624 Paraison · 228#126,357 Parison · 142

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