How common is the surname Carlin?

12,035 people in the United States had the surname Carlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,654 Americans. It ranked 2,977th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Carlin?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Carlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Carlin?

George Carlin, American stand-up comedian (1937–2008), followed by Jack Carlin.

Where is the surname Carlin most common?

Wikidata records people named Carlin in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Is the surname Carlin getting more or less common?

More common. 11,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,035 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Carlin

A surname, carried by 12,035 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C645

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carlin is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,035 people named Carlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,654 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,509.

#2,977

rank among US surnames

12,035

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,867)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,968	Duckworth	12,080	25,558
#2,969	Frantz	12,079	25,561
#2,970	O'Reilly	12,074	25,571
#2,971	Bundy	12,065	25,590
#2,972	Bethea	12,061	25,599
#2,973	Reinhardt	12,057	25,607
#2,974	Sam	12,053	25,616

Who is named Carlin

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

84% of people named Carlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carlins

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Carlin
American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)
Jack Carlin
British cyclist (1997-)
Thomas Carlin
American politician (1789-1852)
John W. Carlin
American politician, born 1940
Ben Carlin
Australian engineer and adventurer (1912-1981)
Thomas A. Carlin
Actor (1928–1991)

Notable Carlins come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carlin

Carlin has the Soundex code C645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C645.

Questions

How common is the surname Carlin?: 12,035 people in the United States had the surname Carlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,654 Americans. It ranked 2,977th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carlin?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Carlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Carlin?: George Carlin, American stand-up comedian (1937–2008), followed by Jack Carlin.
Where is the surname Carlin most common?: Wikidata records people named Carlin in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Is the surname Carlin getting more or less common?: More common. 11,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,035 in 2010, up 4.6%.