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The surname Edlin

A surname, carried by 1,245 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E345

Edlin: #21,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edlin #21,092, 1,245 people Edlin: #21,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edlin #21,092, 1,245 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edlin is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,245 people named Edlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,267.

#21,092
rank among US surnames
1,245
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-1.7%
change since 2000 (was #19,687)

Who is named Edlin

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

93% of people named Edlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Edlin

Edlin has the Soundex code E345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E345.

Questions

How common is the surname Edlin?
1,245 people in the United States had the surname Edlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edlin?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Edlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Edlin getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, down 1.7%.