Explore the Family Name Lumpkins

The meaning of Lumpkins

English: patronymic from Lumpkin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Lumpkins in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lumpkins has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lumpkins was ranked 12,352 in terms of popularity, but by 2010, it had slipped to rank 12,689, marking a change of -2.73 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people carrying the Lumpkins surname increased from 2,307 in 2000 to 2,434 in 2010, a growth of 5.5 percent. However, the proportion of people named Lumpkins per 100,000 decreased by 3.49 percent over this same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,352	#12,689	-2.73%
Count	2,307	2,434	5.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.86	0.83	-3.49%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lumpkins

As for the ethnic identity associated with the Lumpkins surname, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were noticeable changes between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and bearing the Lumpkins surname nearly doubled from 0.26 percent in 2000 to 0.49 percent in 2010. Those identifying as having two or more races also increased by 25 percent. Meanwhile, the proportion of White and American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals with this surname experienced decreases of 4.66 percent and 15.38 percent respectively. The most significant increase was seen among those identifying as Hispanic, with a surge of 175.41 percent. The proportion of Black individuals with the Lumpkins surname saw a modest increase of 2.29 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	57.35%	54.68%	-4.66%
Black	39.36%	40.26%	2.29%
Two or More Races	2.04%	2.55%	25%
Hispanic	0.61%	1.68%	175.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.26%	0.49%	88.46%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.39%	0.33%	-15.38%