The Eakins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,090 people carried this name — #10,416 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 95,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,074 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 14 births for the Eakins name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Eakin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 10
Leinster 2
Connacht 1
Munster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Eakins in American newspapers,
1899–1907.

Newspaper page from Ottumwa Semi-weekly Courier carrying the name Eakins
Ottumwa Semi-weekly Courier 1900-01-04
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Eakins
The Anaconda Standard 1899-07-06
Newspaper page from Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier carrying the name Eakins
Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier 1907-02-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,426 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eakins in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

2,131 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eakins. The most, 415, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 5.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 1,018
Victoria 592
South Australia 280
Queensland 81
New South Wales 77
Tasmania 22
ACT (Canberra) 4
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eakins.

Who carried it

People named Eakins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Eakins
    Thomas Eakins 1844–1916 · photographer
  • Susan Macdowell Eakins
    Susan Macdowell Eakins 1851–1938 · photographer
  • Horace S. Eakins 1887–
  • John Eakins 1922–1998 · politician
  • Peter Eakins 1927–1982
  • Peter Eakins 1947–1999 · Australian rules football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eakins,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States262 records

262 records of the Eakins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 104
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John R. Eakins

    Born 1922 in Missouri. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; waiter. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richard Eakins

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; laborer. From Tipperary, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Adrain Eakins

    Born 1947; from Clay, Kentucky. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 262 records for Eakins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia70 records

70 records of the Eakins name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 26
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 25
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 9
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lizzie Eakins

    Arrived in Queensland in 1888 aboard the Taroba, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alfred H. Eakins

    Former railway employee of East Prahran, Victoria; died 1934.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Peter Eakins

    Died 1999; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 70 records for Eakins in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Eakins name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jessie F. Eakins

    Died 1872 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Nellie Eakins

    Died 1945; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Albert Graham Eakins

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 14 records for Eakins in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with Eakins.

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Surnames next to Eakins.

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