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    The surname Makin

    A surname, carried by 2,538 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M250

    Makin: #12,255 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Makin #12,255, 2,538 people Makin: #12,255 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Makin #12,255, 2,538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Makin is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,538 people named Makin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,649 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,611.

    #12,255
    rank among US surnames
    2,538
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +57.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,444)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,247Bondurant2,540121,553
    #12,250Koeller2,539121,601
    #12,255Cabe2,538121,649
    #12,261Starner2,537121,697
    #12,264Lounsbury2,536121,745

    Who is named Makin

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

    76% of people named Makin identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Maken
    • Meakin

    Surnames that sound like Makin

    Makin has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Makin?
    2,538 people in the United States had the surname Makin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,649 Americans. It ranked 12,255th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Makin?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Makin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Makin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,538 in 2010, up 58%.
    What are other spellings of Makin?
    Maken and Meakin.