# Conklin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/conklin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,846 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,501 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,947 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (23,371 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Conklin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Conklin in the United States.

## People named Conklin

- Chester Conklin, actor, comedian (1886-1971)
- Edwin Grant Conklin, American biologist and zoologist (1863–1952)
- William Conklin, American actor (1872–1935)
- Heinie Conklin, actor (1886-1959)
- Ty Conklin, American ice hockey goaltender
- Jack Conklin, American football player (born 1994)
- Harold Conklin, American anthropologist (1926-2016)

## Similar surnames

Conkle, Congleton, Conkling, Consoli, Council, Canchola, Chancellor, Cancel, Chinchilla, Canizales, Coniglio, Cansler.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.