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    The surname Anglin

    A surname, carried by 10,396 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A524

    Anglin: #3,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Anglin #3,434, 10,396 people Anglin: #3,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Anglin #3,434, 10,396 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Anglin is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,396 people named Anglin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,698 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,694.

    #3,434
    rank among US surnames
    10,396
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,374)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,425Vieira10,42029,630
    #3,427Griswold10,41729,639
    #3,428Gaskins10,41429,647
    #3,429McClanahan10,40729,667
    #3,430Seward10,39929,690
    #3,432Chao10,39829,693
    #3,433Rand10,39729,696

    Who is named Anglin

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

    75% of people named Anglin identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Anglins

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Anglin
      American criminal, escapee from Alcatraz, born 1930
    • Francis Alexander Anglin
      7th Chief Justice of Canada (1865-1933)
    • Jack Anglin
      American singer (1916-1963)

    Notable Anglins come mostly from the United States (2) and Canada (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Anglin

    Anglin has the Soundex code A524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Anglin?
    10,396 people in the United States had the surname Anglin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,698 Americans. It ranked 3,434th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Anglin?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Anglin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Anglin?
    John Anglin, American criminal, escapee from Alcatraz, followed by Francis Alexander Anglin.
    Where is the surname Anglin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Anglin in the United States and Canada.
    Is the surname Anglin getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,396 in 2010, up 7.2%.