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    The surname Medlin

    A surname, carried by 10,750 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M345

    Medlin: #3,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Medlin #3,338, 10,750 people Medlin: #3,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Medlin #3,338, 10,750 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Medlin is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,750 people named Medlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,721 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,511.

    #3,338
    rank among US surnames
    10,750
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,145)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,329Gatlin10,78528,627
    #3,330Dunning10,78428,630
    #3,331Salcido10,77628,651
    #3,332Wilde10,76628,678
    #3,333Somers10,76228,688
    #3,334Delagarza10,75928,696
    #3,335Plunkett10,75828,699

    Who is named Medlin

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

    91% of people named Medlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Medlin

    Medlin has the Soundex code M345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M345.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Medlin?
    10,750 people in the United States had the surname Medlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,721 Americans. It ranked 3,338th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Medlin?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Medlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Medlin getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,750 in 2010, up 2.3%.