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    The surname Currin

    A surname, carried by 3,026 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C650

    Currin: #10,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Currin #10,589, 3,026 people Currin: #10,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Currin #10,589, 3,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Currin is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,026 people named Currin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,031 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,905.

    #10,589
    rank among US surnames
    3,026
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,191)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,582Hanshaw3,030101,896
    #10,584Vidrine3,029101,930
    #10,587Biller3,028101,964
    #10,589Stgeorge3,026102,031
    #10,593Butters3,025102,065
    #10,596Coan3,024102,098
    #10,598Chumley3,022102,166

    Who is named Currin

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

    80% of people named Currin identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Currins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Currin
      American painter (b. 1962)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Currin

    Currin has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Currin?
    3,026 people in the United States had the surname Currin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,031 Americans. It ranked 10,589th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Currin?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Currin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Currin?
    John Currin, American painter (b. 1962).
    Where is the surname Currin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Currin in the United States.
    Is the surname Currin getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,026 in 2010, up 4.2%.