How common is the surname Kalin?

1,456 people in the United States had the surname Kalin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,051 Americans. It ranked 18,808th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kalin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kalin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Kalin most common?

Wikidata records people named Kalin in Switzerland.

Is the surname Kalin getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,456 in 2010, down 5.8%.

The surname Kalin

A surname, carried by 1,456 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kalin is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,456 people named Kalin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,051 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,545.

#18,808

rank among US surnames

1,456

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,972)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,804	Merrow	1,457	211,905
#18,808	Dauer	1,456	212,051

Who is named Kalin

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

94% of people named Kalin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kalins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Urs Kälin
Alpine skier, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kalin

Kalin has the Soundex code K450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K450.

Questions

How common is the surname Kalin?: 1,456 people in the United States had the surname Kalin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,051 Americans. It ranked 18,808th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kalin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kalin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kalin?: Urs Kälin, alpine skier.
Where is the surname Kalin most common?: Wikidata records people named Kalin in Switzerland.
Is the surname Kalin getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,456 in 2010, down 5.8%.