How common is the surname Conklin?

23,846 people in the United States had the surname Conklin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,947 Americans. It ranked 1,501st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Conklin?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Conklin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Conklin?

Chester Conklin, actor, comedian (1886-1971), followed by Edwin Grant Conklin.

Where is the surname Conklin most common?

Wikidata records people named Conklin in the United States.

Is the surname Conklin getting more or less common?

More common. 23,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,846 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Conklin

A surname, carried by 23,846 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conklin is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,846 people named Conklin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,947 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,371.

#1,501

rank among US surnames

23,846

people in 2010

8.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #1,390)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,492	Thurman	23,950	12,891
#1,493	Helms	23,949	12,892
#1,494	Metcalf	23,946	12,893
#1,495	Goldman	23,940	12,897
#1,496	Schmitz	23,931	12,901
#1,497	Crouch	23,923	12,906
#1,498	McManus	23,909	12,913

Who is named Conklin

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

93% of people named Conklin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Conklins

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1976
Jack Conklin
American football player (born 1994)
Harold Conklin
American anthropologist (1926-2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Conklin

Conklin has the Soundex code C524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C524.

Questions

How common is the surname Conklin?: 23,846 people in the United States had the surname Conklin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,947 Americans. It ranked 1,501st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Conklin?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Conklin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Conklin?: Chester Conklin, actor, comedian (1886-1971), followed by Edwin Grant Conklin.
Where is the surname Conklin most common?: Wikidata records people named Conklin in the United States.
Is the surname Conklin getting more or less common?: More common. 23,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,846 in 2010, up 2.0%.