Lakin Family History
Lakin Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of Jewish Leykin (from Belarus), a
metronymic from Leyke, a pet form of the Yiddish female
personal name Leye, from the Hebrew female personal name
Lea, from which English Leah is derived (see Genesis 29:
16) + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.English: from
a medieval personal name, a diminutive of Lawrence. Compare
Law 1 and Larkin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lakin
Name Distribution of Lakin Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lakin families
 40 - 77  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lakin families
|
233 - 463 78 - 232 |
1 - 77 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lakin families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lakin Family Origin
Lakin Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lakin
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lakin Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Lakin Civil War Service Records
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