The Lykins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,552 people carried this name — #7,328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,392 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lykins surname

Variant spelling of Likens.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lykins» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Lykins in American newspapers,
1888–1917.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Lykins
El Paso Herald 1917-07-20
Newspaper page from The Cheyenne Daily Leader carrying the name Lykins
The Cheyenne Daily Leader 1888-11-08
Newspaper page from The Cheyenne Daily Leader carrying the name Lykins
The Cheyenne Daily Leader 1891-03-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,136 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lykins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Laura Lykins 1875– · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Lykins,
in the records of the United States.

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 States192 records

192 records of the Lykins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 149
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John W. Lykins

    Born 1919 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Thomas Newport; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Morehead, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Daniel Clyde Lykins

    Born 1947; from Willard, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Lykins

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1811, died 1893; buried at Old Caney Cemetery, Isom, Kentucky.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 192 records for Lykins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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