Perkins Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Perkins Name Meaning: From Medieval English, meaning "Son of Peter".

From Medieval English, meaning \"Son of Peter\". The end of the name, \"kin\" and \"s\", stands for \"son\". The \"Per\" is believed to be a shortened form of Peter.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Perkins Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Perkins family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,702
Agricultural Labourer 324
Labourer 226
Domestic Servant 124
General Servant 112
Dress Maker 90
Shoe Maker 75
Laundress 64
Annuitant 63
Servant 59
Farm Labourer 56
Carpenter 51
House Keeper 49
Gardener 47
Coal Miner 44
Lace Maker 42
Farm Servant 39
Cook 32
Blacksmith 30
No Occupation 30
Tailor 29
Wife Of Above 28
Wife 28
General Servant Domestic 27
Farmers Wife 26

Perkins Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Perkins 100% 90,277
2 Parkins 86% 20,809
3 Pirkins 86% 726
4 Purkins 86% 490
5 Porkins 86% 166
6 Perkens 86% 151

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The surname Perkins is the most popular version of all its varients

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