How common is the surname Margolin?

1,304 people in the United States had the surname Margolin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Margolin?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Margolin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Margolin?

Jamie Margolin, American climate change activist, followed by Janet Margolin.

Where is the surname Margolin most common?

Wikidata records people named Margolin in the United States.

Is the surname Margolin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Margolin

A surname, carried by 1,304 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Margolin is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,304 people named Margolin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,071.

#20,382

rank among US surnames

1,304

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+21.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,427)

Who is named Margolin

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

96% of people named Margolin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Margolins

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jamie Margolin
American climate change activist, born 2001
Janet Margolin
American actress (1943-1993)
Stuart Margolin
American actor and director (1940–2022)
Phillip Margolin
American writer, born 1944
Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Margolin

Margolin has the Soundex code M624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M624.

Questions

How common is the surname Margolin?: 1,304 people in the United States had the surname Margolin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Margolin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Margolin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Margolin?: Jamie Margolin, American climate change activist, followed by Janet Margolin.
Where is the surname Margolin most common?: Wikidata records people named Margolin in the United States.
Is the surname Margolin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, up 22%.