How common is the surname Elkin?

3,578 people in the United States had the surname Elkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,290 Americans. It ranked 9,125th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Elkin?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Elkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Elkin?

Peter Elkin, Australian anthropologist (1891–1979).

Where is the surname Elkin most common?

Wikidata records people named Elkin in Australia.

Is the surname Elkin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,578 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Elkin

A surname, carried by 3,578 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elkin is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,578 people named Elkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,290 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,137.

#9,125

rank among US surnames

3,578

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+14.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,506)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,119	Beene	3,581	86,218
#9,122	McAdoo	3,580	86,242
#9,123	Lueck	3,579	86,266
#9,125	Hendren	3,578	86,290
#9,129	Waterhouse	3,577	86,314

Who is named Elkin

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

92% of people named Elkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Elkins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Elkin
Australian anthropologist (1891–1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Elkind

Surnames that sound like Elkin

Elkin has the Soundex code E425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E425.

Questions

How common is the surname Elkin?: 3,578 people in the United States had the surname Elkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,290 Americans. It ranked 9,125th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Elkin?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Elkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Elkin?: Peter Elkin, Australian anthropologist (1891–1979).
Where is the surname Elkin most common?: Wikidata records people named Elkin in Australia.
Is the surname Elkin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,578 in 2010, up 14%.
What are other spellings of Elkin?: Elkind.