How common is the surname Allyn?

1,823 people in the United States had the surname Allyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,361 Americans. It ranked 15,938th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Allyn?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Allyn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Allyn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,823 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Allyn also a first name?

Yes. Allyn is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Allyn

A surname, carried by 1,823 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A450 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Allyn is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,823 people named Allyn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,361 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,763.

#15,938

rank among US surnames

1,823

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,931	Murch	1,824	169,268
#15,938	Allyn	1,823	169,361
#15,947	Butner	1,822	169,454

Who is named Allyn

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Allyn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Allyn

Allyn has the Soundex code A450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A450.

Questions

How common is the surname Allyn?: 1,823 people in the United States had the surname Allyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,361 Americans. It ranked 15,938th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Allyn?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Allyn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Allyn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,823 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Allyn also a first name?: Yes. Allyn is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.