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    The surname Catlin

    A surname, carried by 4,831 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C345

    Catlin: #6,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Catlin #6,940, 4,831 people Catlin: #6,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Catlin #6,940, 4,831 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Catlin is more common than 95.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,831 people named Catlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,909 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,574.

    #6,940
    rank among US surnames
    4,831
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,792)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,935Whiteley4,83463,870
    #6,936Rubenstein4,83363,883
    #6,937Canas4,83263,896
    #6,940Catlin4,83163,909
    #6,943Pastrana4,83063,922

    Who is named Catlin

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

    81% of people named Catlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Catlins

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kelly Catlin
      American cyclist, 1995–2019
    • Sam Catlin
      American TV writer and producer, born 1950

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Catlin

    Catlin has the Soundex code C345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C345.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Catlin?
    4,831 people in the United States had the surname Catlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,909 Americans. It ranked 6,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Catlin?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Catlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Catlin?
    Kelly Catlin, American cyclist, followed by Sam Catlin.
    Where is the surname Catlin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Catlin in the United States.
    Is the surname Catlin getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,831 in 2010, up 5.6%.